Texas Gov. Greg Abbott applauded Elon Musk’s commitment to stopping government waste after the tech billionaire — who heads the ” Department of Government Efficiency ” task force to try to cut $2 trillion from the budget — vowed to block the federal government from funding the construction of a new football stadium for the Washington Commanders in the omnibus spending deal.
The only problem: it was false.
The flap began when Mario Nawfal, a right-wing social media influencer, posted on Musk’s X platform that “Buried in the 1,547-page omnibus bill is a provision to facilitate a $3 billion stadium in Washington, D.C.”…