White House condemns ‘irresponsible’ Elon Musk post on assassination attempt

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White House condemns ‘irresponsible’ Elon Musk post on ************** attempt

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

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on former President Donald Trump — Musk, who owns the platform, responded to a user who asked, “Why they want to ***** Donald Trump?”

In his post, Musk wrote, “And no one is even trying to ************ Biden/Kamala.”

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Following intense backlash, Musk deleted the post and

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early Monday. The post got nearly 40 million impressions before being deleted.

“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,” Musk wrote.

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PHOTO: Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as

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, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)

“Turns out that jokes are WAY less funny if people don’t know the context and the delivery is plain text,” he added shortly after.

Responding to the post on Monday, the White House condemned Musk for having “joked about” or even “encouraged” *********.

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“As President Biden and Vice President Harris said after yesterday’s disturbing news, ‘there is no place for political ********* or for any ********* ever in our country,’ and ‘we all must do our part to ensure that this incident does not lead to more *********,’ the statement read.

“********* should only be condemned, never encouraged or joked about. This rhetoric is irresponsible,” the White House added.

Musk has endorsed Trump, and Trump has said he would tap Musk to lead a

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if elected.

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