The Secret Service has launched a probe into an X post by Elon Musk in which he tweeted that “no one is even trying” to kill Kamala Harris or Joe Biden.
The tech billionaire deleted the post on his X platform and passed it off as a “joke.” However, the White House did not find it funny and instead called it “irresponsible.”
“Violence should only be condemned, never encouraged or joked about,” the White House said in a statement. Now the Secret Service is involved.
What exactly are they probing? It took me 5 seconds to read the tweet.
Probably for evidence of intent
So I guess stochastic terrorists will just always get away with it then?
Why? He’s Rich? It’s ok?
Fuck Elon Musk.
Eww, no.
Not even with a 39 and ½ foot pole!
Not even with Tayler Swift’s dick.
Tech billionaire realises that saying things on the internet can be taken differently than expected… in 2024. Is this guy a complete moron?
This was taken exactly how he meant it. He absolutely was not joking.
It’s just a PR cover because he knows as one of the richest people in the world on paper, he could pretty much get away with murder.
Police protect capital. Legal system protects capital.
Is this guy a complete moron?
I hope it’s a rhetorical question and you didn’t just now realize it.
I think he’s a bit(a lot) crazy, but I’m not sure whether he’s actually a “complete moron”?
Haha nice of you to ask. I knew in some areas for sure but to think someone could stumble into success so effectively with actually nothing to contribute is too depressing to accept.
Step one, inherit daddy’s South African emerald mine and child slaves.
Step two, use that blood emerald money to fund lots of insane projects.
Step three, wait until the engineers make some of them work. Be very vocal about successful projects, and silent about failures.
Alternative: infest a promising independent project (something cool and futuristic like electric cars), buy yourself the title of “founder”, and act like it was your idea all along.
Step four, offer a completely insane idea to rescue children inside rocket fuel tanks, then accuse your largest critic of pedophilia.
It helps when you start rich
I don’t know if he’s had any good ideas, but he was an effective hype man before going off the deep end around 2019.
He also was willing to bet on some things at thought were hard to do (start a new car company, start a new aerospace company that focused on rocket science).
But yeah, his main deal is being both into wealth he could use with very little discrimination. (That irony is not lost on me, I mean he could bet and lose plenty and still be a racist tycoon).
Yes.
Yes yes
Signs point to yes.
Yes, actually.
Hey Grok, what’s a good recipe for cooking rich people?
It’s best to start with fresh materials so you’re going to want to dress them shortly before preparation.
a marinade or a dry brine not only adds flavor, it helps reduce the characteristic bitterness found in the rich
Ah, right, the thing that would get normal people put on a list and held in custody if the president traveled through their region just gets the Muskrat “probed”
Giggity
I’d assume in his case the government already has enough eyes over him that if he were to actually try something they would know it before he even considered sending any threats.
It’s not so much about him personally trying anything though. The problem is that he’s potentially inciting one of the thousands of unhinged people who follow him into doing something.
People make comments like this all the time. Nobody is held in custody for it.
Every normal person is on several lists now regardless of guilt. We just consider that a reasonable search and treat Snowden like a traitor.
Maybe he will start to get a damn clue.
Narrator: He did not start to get a damn clue.
I’m sure he’ll just lobby that the secret service should only be allowed to investigate threats against republicans.
It’d be so cool if it was found out that Musk was an illegal immigrant and he got deported back to south africa.
Even if he’s legal, I saw him eating cats.
Make sure to forget the lube when probing him. And make him bleed.
It’s not that you “found the Musk fanboys,” it’s that sexual assault jokes are neither funny nor acceptable.
Oh, my mistake. I didn’t mean to offend anyone’s sensibilities where Musk would get exactly what he deserves. But thanks for making me a better person.
Revoke his security clearance you cowards.
He controls SpaceX and the internet over Ukraine.
We need to take those, too.
SpaceX and American allies’ Internet access could be considered to be of national importance
Fuck Elon, but the White House saying violence should never be encouraged is just rich.
He also controls the satellites used for communication on battlefields and has already turned them off unilaterally during an important Ukrainian operation in the Black Sea.
He can run Twitter and Tesla into the ground, but SpaceX needs to be nationalized. Its compromise is a national security threat.
Is he e getting Russian money? Did he just promote the assassination of the American president? I’m just asking questions.
This is exactly the type of tweet he’d make lol
How so? It’s based on real evidence and isn’t racist.
Well some of Putin’s friends helped pay for Twitter so there is some level of connection in there.
Doubt it. There are no hard indications that he’s a russian asset. He’s just an asshat.
Yes, but according to Russian asset, serial killer and couch fucker JD Vance, you can make up any lie about anyone you want as long as you are making a point.
True. There are reports that Elon himself agreed with this in a weekly address to xitter staff, after he thoroughly explained how he takes care to use the right type of lube when rectally inserting cucumbers on himself.
There’s no way a killing joke could ever involve tragedy.
Elon was just having one bad day.
“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 after deleting the tweet.
“Turns out that jokes are way less funny if people don’t know the context and the delivery is in plain text"
Wrong lesson learned Elon, people who laugh at your joke are ass lickers whereas people on X are not
Explain the joke Leon. What’s the punchline?
It’s a straight up threat / stochastic terrorism from the richest guy in the world. The same guy who has a security team follow him around and whines about people tracking his jet as aSsAsSiNaTiOn CoOrDiNaTeS. And treats the poor and homeless that his exploitation and greed creates as “drug zombies” while he’s constantly on ketamine and other drugs.
stochastic terrorism
the use of mass communications to stir up random lone wolves to carry out violent or terrorist acts that are statistically predictable but individually unpredictable
(Saved you a click)
That should go well, since the Secret Service are renowned for having a good sense of humour about this sort of thing.
OTOH they did delete all those Jan 06 text messages so I no longer regard them as objective in the performance of their duties.
At the end of the day, they’re still cops.
