Elon Musk retweets altered Kamala Harris campaign ad

Elon Musk, the owner of X, retweeted a parody Kamala Harris campaign ad Friday without labeling it as misleading, an apparent violation of his own platform's rules.

Portions of video footage in the altered content — such as Harris speaking to crowds, and general videos of her supporters — were used in a recent Harris' campaign video on YouTube. Most notably, the altered content uses a voice over that sounds like the vice president, making it seem like she is calling Biden senile and herself an incompetent presidential candidate.  

In the original video, Harris narrates, telling viewers, "In this election, we each face a question: what kind of country do we want to live in?" before breaking into Beyonce's song "Freedom."

The altered video reposted by Musk does not include Beyonce. Instead, a voice that sounds like Harris' begins by saying, "I Kamala Harris am your Democrat candidate for president because Joe Biden finally exposed his senility at the debate."

The voice goes on to say that Harris was selected because she is "the ultimate diversity hire" as she's both a woman and a person of color.

"So if you criticize anything I say you're both sexist and racist," the voice continues.

The video then accuses Harris of "trying to sound Black" and doing a "Barack Obama impression" in her speeches.

The video comes as Republicans across the country this week have accused Harris of being the "DEI candidate," with some alluding to her race and gender as reasons why she was selected to be the Democratic presidential nominee.

In a statement, Harris campaign spokesperson Mia Ehrenberg blasted Musk and former President Donald Trump, saying, "We believe the American people want the real freedom, opportunity, and security Vice President Harris