‘Appalling And Indefensible’: Elon Musk Incites Rage Online After Claiming No One Is ‘Trying to Assassinate Biden/Kamala’
Billionaire Elon Musk sent out a controversial post on Sunday following the attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump.
Following the attempted assassination on the GOP nominee, Musk took to X, formerly twitter, where he claimed President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have not had to face assassination attempts.
On Sunday, Secret Service shot at a man who was hiding in a bush at the property line of Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club. The individual had a rifle, two backpacks, and Gopro camera.
A user called Doge Designer asked on X, “Why they want to kill Donald Trump?” Musk responded to the post by writing, “And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala.”
UPDATE: Replaced embed with screenshot following Musk deletion of original.
The tweet incited rage from users across the site, including The Dispatch editor-in-chief Jonah Goldberg, who called his comments “appalling and indefensible.”
This is appalling and indefensible. https://t.co/QXAHfOdTnS
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) September 16, 2024
WTF??? @SecretService you may want to pay this guy a visit. He ain’t right in the head! https://t.co/kZ5oaWD73U
— MazJobrani (@MazJobrani) September 16, 2024
This is actually crazy. You’ve officially lost it dude and it’s sad to see. A lot of people look up to you but you’re being super irresponsible all because you crave attention https://t.co/REYfWEWJia
— Jonathan Morrison 🙋🏻♂️ (@tldtoday) September 16, 2024
this is a defense contractor @FBI @SecretService @CIA https://t.co/uyIEZVLR91
— hasanabi (@hasanthehun) September 16, 2024
Hello @DOJCrimDiv and @SecretService.
Whenever a US citizen infers that people should consider assassinating @POTUS or @VP, I believe it should be taken very seriously.
Please take @elonmusk‘s statement here under serious consideration. https://t.co/70yrmGXuUN
— Matthew Podszus (@matthew_podszus) September 16, 2024
