The post, originally shared by another user, read, "Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did."

Elon Musk has shared a tweet that claimed Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the deaths of millions of people but the public sector workers were

Elon Musk shared a controversial post suggesting that mass killings by Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were conducted by public sector workers, not the dictators. The tweet implies criticism of federal employees under Trump's administration.

Elon Musk is facing backlash after he reposted a tweet which claimed that Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the deaths of millions of people