West was suspended from Twitter on Friday for inciting violence by posting a photo of a swastika inside a Star of David during his Twitter tirade.
During a Q&A session over the weekend, Twitter’s CEO was asked about Ye’s anti-Semitic post.
“I wanted to punch Kanye, so that definitely incited me to violence.” According to Page Six, Musk stated, “That’s not cool.”
Musk made the decision to suspend Ye’s account. “That was my decision because, at some point, you have to ask yourself, what is incitement to violence?” Because that is illegal in the United States. “You can’t just form a ‘let’s go kill someone’ club,” Musk explained.
BREAKING: Elon Musk says he wanted to “punch Kanye” for posting Raelian symbol on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/HhquHkeFO2
— Idaho Tribune (@IdahoTribune) December 3, 2022
“I believe that posting swastikas in an obviously inappropriate manner is an incitement to violence,” he added.
West used the Raelian symbol shortly after a contentious appearance on Alex Jones’ “Infowars” in which he praised Hitler and the Nazis.
Following his suspension from Twitter, Ye took to Instagram to address Musk. “Am I the only one who thinks Elon is half-Chinese?” he wondered. “Have you ever seen his childhood photos?” Combine a Chinese genius with a South African supermodel. We also have Elon.”
Musk, on the other hand, didn’t seem to mind when Ye referred to him as a “genetic hybrid,” responding, “I take that as a compliment!”
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I take that as a compliment!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 5, 2022
