Elon Musk appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast Tuesday and explained how leftists "completely controlled" Twitter and weaponized the social media platform against political opponents and anyone who disagreed with the official government narrative. The billionaire said Twitter was almost like Russian state media "Pravda."

"The degree to which Twitter was simply an arm of the government was not well understood by the public," Musk said.

He continued, "Republicans were suppressed at ten times the rate of Democrats. That's because old Twitter was fundamentally controlled by the far-left."