MAGA opponents of Elon Musk claim he stripped them of their X badges

(CNN) 鈥� The debate roiling the MAGA world in recent days over visas for highly skilled workers shows no signs of abating. Some prominent online personalities are now accusing Elon Musk of using his social media platform, X, to retaliate against those who disagree with his support of the H-1B visa program.

Musk, who was tapped to lead President-elect Donald Trump鈥檚 Department of Government Efficiency, has over H-1B visas. While Trump has taken aim at the visas, Musk - the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX - has defended the program and argued that tech companies need foreign workers to compete.

鈥淚f you want your TEAM to win the championship, you need to recruit top talent wherever they may be,鈥� Musk wrote on X, saying in on Thursday that 鈥渂ringing in via legal immigration the top ~0.1% of engineering talent鈥� is 鈥渆ssential for America to keep winning.鈥�

But loyal Trump backers like far-right activist , conservative pundit and former Rep. Matt Gaetz have criticized Musk and his incoming Department of Government Efficiency co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy, over their pro-H-1B visa stance.

Musk, in turn, stripped Loomer and other members of the right-wing Conservative PAC, of their verification badges, members of the PAC said.

, a far-right provocateur and on Thursday claimed that Musk had removed her verified status on X and shut down her ability to gather paying subscribers because of her opposition to the H-1B program.

Musk, she posted, 鈥渋s a free speech fraud.鈥�

CNN has reached out to Loomer and X for comment.

Loomer has more than 1.4 million followers on X. It is not known how much money Loomer was making through the paid subscriber service on the platform.

Before she lost her verified badge, Musk posted that 鈥淟oomer is trolling for attention.鈥�

Preston Parra, the chairman of Conservative PAC, told CNN that approximately 53 accounts affiliated with his organization lost their verified badges, including Loomer.

鈥淚f anyone thinks for one minute the REAL backbone of the right wing and MAGA is gonna stand idly by while these big tech gillionaire Silicon Valley dweebs who didn鈥檛 get bullied enough in high school, steal our country, they鈥檙e mistaken,鈥� Parra said in a statement.

Conservative PAC also posted on X: 鈥淲e spoke out against HB1 visas and it appears that @elonmusk intentionally shut us down?鈥�

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