Elon Musk tries to spin now-deleted Biden/Harris assassination attempt post as ‘jokes’
Hours after former President Donald Trump was targeted in a second apparent assassination attempt, Telsa and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk weighed in with a post that sparked outrage online.
“And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” Musk said followed by a thinking face emoji on X, formerly Twitter, which he owns. Musk was responding to the question from another X user, “Why they want to kill Donald Trump?”
Florida officials apprehended a suspect Sunday after Secret Service agents spotted him with an assault rifle within range of the Republican presidential nominee at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is calling it another assassination attempt after Trump was shot in the ear at a rally in July.
Musk endorsed Trump after the July assassination attempt and has increasingly amplified Trump’s messaging through X. Trump has said he will give Musk a leading role in a new government efficiency commission if he wins a second term.
Musk appears to spin controversial post as a joke
Musk deleted the post within hours and followed up early Monday morning saying:
“Well, one lesson I’ve learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn’t mean it’s going to be all that hilarious as a post on 𝕏,” he said.
