Secret Service ‘informed’ of Elon Musk posts on Biden, Harris This very second.
A social media post by Elon Musk stating that “no one is even trying”. To assassinate President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris has been “aware” of by the US Secret Service.
After deleting the post, Mr. Musk said that he meant it as a joke.
He made his message on X (previously Twitter) shortly after Sunday’s reported attempted assassination of Trump. At his Florida golf resort.
Trump has promised to recruit the tech magnate to head a “government efficiency commission”. If he is re-elected president of the United States, and the two are close allies.
A number of X users voiced their disapproval of Mr. Musk’s remarks, which were accompanied by an eyebrow emoji. Some even went so far as to accuse him of inciting hatred toward the US President and Vice President.
According to a statement from the White House, “this rhetoric is irresponsible” and the post was denounced.
That “no place for political violence or for any violence ever in our country” and that “violence should not be condemned, never encouraged or joked about” were among the points made in the statement.
The US Secret Service, all they could say was that they are “aware” of the message.
“As a matter of practice we do not comment on matters involving protective intelligence,” according to the announcement. “We can say, however, that the Secret Service investigates all threats related to our protectees.”
When Mr. Musk removed the post, he tweeted, “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.”
“Turns out that jokes are way less funny if people don’t know the context and the delivery is in plain text,” a post that followed said.
Subsequently assassination attempt on the former president occurred at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13th, the controversial internet magnate officially embraced Trump, who is thought of as a close buddy of his.
During that effort, the gunman shot and wounded Trump while fatally wounding another rallygoer.
In the time after, Mr. Musk frequently endorsed Trump while criticizing Biden and Harris on Twitter.
