The Trump-supporting tech billionaire has repeated the false claim that nobody is trying to assassinate Harris.
Donald Trump-supporting tech billionaire Elon Musk has faced backlash after joking about the assassination of Vice President Kamala Harris for the second time since she became a presidential candidate.
«Nobody’s even trying to kill Kamala because it’s pointless», he said in a Tuesday interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, prompting both to laugh.
«What do you achieve? Nothing, you just bought another puppet», Musk said.
«It’s deep and true though», Carlson responded.
«It would be pointless», Musk continued.
Newsweek has contacted a spokesperson for Musk and Harris’ campaign for comment.
Musk’s comment marks the second time he has joked about nobody having made an assassination attempt on Harris following bids to assassinate Trump by two people, Ryan Routh and Thomas Crooks.
In September the billionaire, a major U.S. government contractor, wrote on X, the social media platform he owns, «no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala.» He faced intense backlash for the tone of the post, and later deleted it, explaining that it was a joke and that critics did not find it funny because they did not «know the context.»
Musk’s Tuesday comment to Carlson has drawn similar criticisms.
