In an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson published yesterday on He mocked the backlash he received for the now-deleted post.
“I made a joke and realized I deleted it. It’s like no one would bother to kill Kamala because it’s pointless,” Musk said, drawing laughter from Musk and Carlson. “What do you want to achieve? Nothing. Find another doll.”
Carlson replied, “That’s very true though.”
“Some people interpreted that as me calling on people to assassinate her, but I thought, doesn’t it seem strange that no one even bothers to assassinate her?” Musk said. said with a laugh.
A now-deleted post last month by Musk, an X owner and Trump supporter, was in response to a user on the platform asking, “Why do they want to kill Donald Trump?” Ta. Following the second assassination attempt on President Trump.
This comes as critics of the platform say Musk’s posts contain inflammatory rhetoric and are false claims due to death threats Harris has allegedly received in recent months. It provoked widespread backlash.
