Since his meeting with Farage, Mr Musk has taken an increasing interest in British politics, with a particular focus on criticizing Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Mr Musk has spent the past week stepping up calls for a national inquiry into gang grooming by the British Reform Party and the Conservative Party.
The call came after the government rejected calls for an inquiry into Oldham’s historic sexual abuse scandal, saying the council should lead the inquiry instead.
Mr Musk responded by accusing Sir Keir of failing to properly prosecute “rape gangs” when he was director of public prosecutions.
Musk also said that Security Minister Jess Phillips “deserves to be in jail” and called her an “advocate of rape and genocide.”
Asked about Laura Kuenssberg and Musk’s comments on Sunday, Farage said the CEO “used some very harsh words, but free speech has been restored to X under Musk’s ownership.” ” he said.
In 2022, an independent review by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority found that vulnerable children were being left exposed to sexual exploitation in Oldham due to “gross negligence” by police and the council.
The government rejected calls for a national inquiry and instead called for Oldham Council to set up its own. The previous Conservative government rejected a similar request in 2022.
Mr Phillips and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said in a letter to the Conservative Party that local authorities had already launched an investigation.
The letter also referred to the 2022 Child Sexual Abuse Inquiry, which will investigate abuse in care homes, churches, homes or grooming gangs.
The report brings together several previous investigations into grooming gangs in Rotherham, Rochdale and Telford, as well as independent research.
Speaking on Sunday, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the government’s priority was to “make progress” in implementing the 20 recommendations in the report to combat child sexual abuse.
He told the BBC that Musk’s criticism of Phillips was a “disgraceful smear”, adding: “People like Keir Starmer and Jess Phillips are actually locking up wife beaters, rapists and pedophiles. We have made a tremendous effort to do so.”