WH Condemns Musk For Post On Killing Biden/Harris

ABC News reports:

The White House on Monday decried a now-deleted post by Elon Musk on X as “irresponsible.” In the Sunday night post — which he made after the second apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump — Musk, who owns the platform, responded to a user who asked, “Why they want to kill Donald Trump?” In his post, Musk wrote, “And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala.”

Responding to the post on Monday, the White House condemned Musk for having “joked about” or even “encouraged” violence. “As President Biden and Vice President Harris said after yesterday’s disturbing news, ‘there is no place for political violence or for any violence ever in our country,’ and ‘we all must do our part to ensure that this incident does not lead to more violence,’ the statement read.

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