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.

  • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    That should go well, since the Secret Service are renowned for having a good sense of humour about this sort of thing.

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      2 months ago

      OTOH they did delete all those Jan 06 text messages so I no longer regard them as objective in the performance of their duties.