Elon Musk comes weeks after a pressure campaign forced Kamala Harris to delete a social media post in which she expressed surprise that no one had tried to assassinate the vice president or Joe Biden. , said the attempt to kill Kamala Harris was “senseless.”
The Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneurs have once again dipped their toe into the murky waters of political assassination. web video interview Musk posted a conversation with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson on his X platform.
Referring to his original comments at the beginning of the 1 hour and 48 minute exchange, Musk told Carlson: What will you achieve?
The two broke into laughter, and Carlson replied, “That's a deep story, but it's true.”
“Just buy another puppet,” Musk continued, adding: “Nobody tried to kill Joe Biden. That would be pointless.”
“That's absolutely true,” Carlson agrees.
Asked to elaborate on the post, Musk continued: “Some people interpreted it as if I was calling people to assassinate her, but I thought…doesn't it seem strange that no one cares? She won’t try…she’s safe.”
When a guest laughs at one of his jokes, Carlson deadpans, “That's funny.”
In particular, authorities have arrested people who have made death threats against Harris and Biden on multiple occasions. Virginia man arrested He was charged in August with threatening the vice president.
Musk's first comments on X were posted shortly after the second alleged assassination attempt against Donald Trump last month. On September 15, a man was arrested after Secret Service agents found a gun protruding from a bush at the former president's golf club in Palm Beach, Florida. Ryan Routh was later charged with attempting to kill President Trump. He denies the charges.
“And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” Musk wrote after the incident, along with a confused emoji.
Musk had been a vocal and enthusiastic supporter of President Trump's bid to return to the White House, but later deleted the post following angry backlash and a comment from the Secret Service that he was “aware” of it.
“Well, one of the lessons I learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn’t mean it’s going to be all that funny as a post to 𝕏.” he later wrote in the explanation.
“We found that jokes are less funny when people don't know the context and the content is plain text.”
The interviewer made this suggestion to the guest and got a big laugh. [Trump] You lost…you're fucked, dude. ”
Musk jokingly retorted: If he loses, I'm screwed. ”
As laughter echoed around him and Carlson was clearly pleased, the tech billionaire continued: I don't know if I'll be able to see my children. ”
Musk's latest assassination comments came just days after he made them. Appeared on stage with Trump last weekend At the same location in Butler, Pennsylvania, a would-be assassin attempted to kill the former president on July 13. In the incident, President Trump was grazed in the ear by a bullet, a rally attendee was shot, and the assailant himself was killed by Secret Service agents.
Shortly after that attempt, Trump was endorsed by Musk. he said he would do it later Appoint Musk as chair of the Government Efficiency Commission If he becomes president again.
The Secret Service, which beefed up security for President Trump after criticism for failing to thwart the first assassination attempt, said it was aware of Musk's latest comments. According to the Washington Post.
