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Elon Musk says security issues prevent him from going out in public following Charlie Kirk's murder

Tesla CEO Elon Musk appeared on "The Katie Miller Podcast" on Tuesday, where he told host Katie Miller that security issues prevent him from going out in public following Charlie Kirk's assassination.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that security issues have prevented him from going out in public following the assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk in September.

In a Tuesday interview on "The Katie Miller Podcast," Musk explained how Kirk’s murder has intensified his need for personal protection, making public appearances significantly more challenging from a security standpoint.

Miller — the wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller — asked the Tesla CEO when he had last been able to do "something extremely ordinary" like going to Target.?

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Elon Musk on the set of "The Katie Miller Podcast" on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Screenshot/"The Katie Miller Podcast")

"I can't go to things where there's the general public because there's an immediate, ‘Can I have a selfie,’ line that forms, and these days — particularly in light of Charlie Kirk's murder, there are serious security issues," he responded. "It's not that I don't want to. I simply can't."

Following up, the host asked Musk whether Kirk's murder changed how he operates, and whether he's always felt uneasy about making public appearances.

"It certainly reinforced the severity of the situation where life is on hardcore mode," he told Miller. "You make one mistake, and you're dead … it only takes one mistake."

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Following Kirk's death, Musk became adamant about lowering the temperature in the country, calling out the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for their "Glossary of Extremism and Hate" in September.

The ADL removed the glossary from its website after receiving backlash from Musk and Republican lawmakers for listing TPUSA as an extremist group.

TPUSA's background page on the ADL website fell under the "Center of Extremism" tag and described the conservative group as having ties to "a range of right-wing extremists and has generated support from anti-Muslim bigots, alt-lite activists and some corners of the white supremacist alt-right."

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Charlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah, prior to his assassination. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
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