US Secret Service aware of Musk’s deleted tweet about absence of assassination attempts on Biden and Harris

The US Secret Service said on Monday it is investigating an Elon Musk tweet that questioned the absence of assassination attempts against President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

In an email to The Independent, a Secret Service spokesperson said: ”The US Secret Service is aware of the social media post made by Elon Musk and as a matter of practice, we do not comment on matters involving protective intelligence.

“We can say, however, that the Secret Service investigates all threats related to our protectees.”

They did not elaborate on whether they had contacted Musk – who framed his language as a “joke” in a follow-up tweet.

In the now-deleted tweet, Musk wrote on X: “And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala," he followed with a raised eyebrow emoji.

The post came hours after a second apparent assassination attempt was made on Trump while he played golf at his Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday.

A Secret Service agent intercepted the gunman by opening fire as he fled the scene.

Vice President Harris said she was “deeply disturbed” by the would-be attack on Trump on Sunday and said the government must act to ensure the incident did not lead to further violence.

In The White House statement, she said: “I am thankful that former President Trump is safe.”

However, The White House condoned Musk for his “irresponsible rhetoric” about the attack, said Reuters.

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said on Monday: «Violence should only be condemned, never encouraged or joked about. This rhetoric is irresponsible.”

X users reacted to Musk’s tweet and raised concerns over his language’s potential to incite violence against the current president and Democratic