X users call for Elon Musk to be deported after now-deleted Biden-Kamala assassination 'joke'

Elon Musk and Donald Trump AFP / ETIENNE LAURENT

Calls for Elon Musk to be "deported" are surging on his own social media platform after the tech CEO made a joke about the second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

The hashtag #DeportElonMusk is trending on X (formerly Twitter) after Musk questioned the lack of attempts on the lives of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in a now-deleted post to the social media platform.

The posts largely call for the businessman to be deported to his birthplace of Pretoria, South Africa, after a statement he posted to X (and then deleted) was seen as provocative and encouraging violent political action.

"Who else here feels that Elon Musk should be stripped of his security clearance, and U.S. citizenship and then deported back to his home nation of South Africa?" Wrote one X user.

Who else here feels that Elon Musk should be stripped of his security clearance, and U.S. citizenship and then deported back to his home nation of South Africa? pic.twitter.com/wk16pG4y1g
— Lakota Man (@LakotaMan1) September 16, 2024

In the past week or so Elon Musk has joked about raping Taylor Swift, lamented that nobody is trying to assassinate the sitting Vice President and perpetuated his 10 year old consumer fraud.

Just another week for the Smartest Man in the World ™ #DeportElonMusk pic.twitter.com/07VGShM7nY
— Peter A. Roselle (@PhenomenalPoto) September 16, 2024

Here's one African American that needs to go back where he came from. #DeportElonMusk pic.twitter.com/G02ECxQJh0
— Modern Man (@tooronlists) September 16, 2024

On Sunday, Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested while fleeing the International Golf Club in Florida, after allegedly attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump. A secret service agent fired four rounds at the club's perimeter fence after spotting a rifle sticking out of it.

This is the second recent attempt on the life of the former President, after gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate Trump at an open-air rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in July.

Musk, a vocal supporter of the former President and his current presidential campaign, questioned the attempts on Trump's life on Sunday. In a now-deleted post, Musk responds to another user asking "Why [do] they want to kill Donald Trump?", saying "And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala".

#DeportElonMusk. He is a hateful man and has been a supporter of Apartheid. He needs to go back to Pretoria. Hope his daughter is safe from him though. pic.twitter.com/X13VsuCb0U
— Tony Gee (@Kee76Gee) September 16, 2024

Even if they don't #DeportElonMusk, I'm happy to screenshot his post to document that he said this for all relevant authorities to consider his citizenship, government contracts, business practices, and more.

Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. pic.twitter.com/ambpPqI2Lp
— HEY-EY-EY-EY! (HEY-EY-EY-EY!) Let's Go, Buffalo! (@SethFromThe716) September 16, 2024

This tweet alone should give the government all it needs to revoke his US citizenship and pull all his government contracts which will force him to sell this app with his then broke ass.#DeportElonMusk pic.twitter.com/BDMZOmZweU
— Ya betta "SangHeffa" 🌈 (@TheOGSangHeffa) September 16, 2024

Despite Musk's attempts to erase the post from social media, users have taken to X, the app owned in majority by Musk, to criticize his rhetoric. Some users have even pointed out the propensity of his statements to incite violence.

"This has to qualify as domestic terrorism and a threat to the chief executive." said one user. "He's hinting at a desired action."

#DeportElonMusk #deportelonmusk

This has to qualify as domestic terrorism and a threat to the chief executive. He’s hinting at a desired action. pic.twitter.com/jzmzZVLwCf
— Paris Tyler (@ParisofChicago) September 16, 2024

#DeportElonMusk, but at the very least, his account should be suspended for incitement of violence. pic.twitter.com/LKstGyWnha
— HEY-EY-EY-EY! (HEY-EY-EY-EY!) Let's Go, Buffalo! (@SethFromThe716) September 16, 2024

A reminder that Elon Musk is an immigrant who has just posted threats against the Vice President of the United States #DeportElonMusk
— Trueblue (@ponymom48) September 16, 2024

#ApartheidClyde ran from South Africa's violence like a scared chicken and comes to America and incites violence. Pack up your racism and hate and go back to South Africa, you sad, pathetic little man. #deportelonmusk pic.twitter.com/Mbt9xX8LCy
— Jani Beg 😷💉💉💉💉😊 (@begjani51) September 16, 2024