Come on.
I’m the number one Elon-hater on the internet, because he’s a liar who sells fake cars for $90,000 that you can buy better versions of in China for $9,000, and because he lies about being pro-free speech and banned me for nothing.
But this is just a comment made while stoned that he didn’t maybe think of the implications of. Anyway, what he said is not illegal. Maybe it sounds sort of bad, but hey, this is the internet, people can say whatever they want.
The White House has condemned Elon Musk for tweeting “no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala” in response to an X user asking “Why they want to kill Donald Trump?”
The president’s office issued a statement Monday criticizing the “irresponsible” post, which was accompanied by an emoji face with a raised eyebrow. The White House said: “Violence should only be condemned, never encouraged or joked about. This rhetoric is irresponsible.” The statement added that there should be “no place for political violence or for any violence ever in our country”.
The Secret Service also said on Monday it was aware of a post by the billionaire on the X social network. Musk, who owns the platform, formerly known as Twitter, made the post after a man suspected of planning to assassinate Donald Trump at his golf course in West Palm Beach was arrested on Sunday.
Musk, himself a Trump supporter, was quickly criticized by X users from the left and right, who said they were concerned his words to his nearly 200m X followers could incite violence against Biden and Harris.
The tech billionaire deleted the post but not before the Secret Service, tasked with protecting current and former presidents, vice-presidents and other notable officials, took notice.
I’m surprised they’re not going to sue him for this.
The feds are suing everyone for everything now.
They might sue him.
The incitement to hatred and violence against President Trump by the media and leading Democrats needs to stop. https://t.co/3gMWEk1pku
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 16, 2024