Elon Musk recycled one of his tired, old ‘SF is a [fill in the blank] zombie apocalypse’ insults in an X post supporting Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s statement about sending the National Guard to “clean up” crime in San Francisco.

As KRON4 reports, Musk jumped into the conversation surrounding Benioff’s statement Saturday, noting that downtown San Francisco is a “drug zombie apocalypse.” The timing of Musk’s renewed interest in San Francisco politics is notable given the recent news that Musk’s startup Neuralink just signed a lease on a 144,209-square-foot building in South San Francisco, per SFist.

Musk added in another, barely coherent X post that the off-duty police officers hired by Benioff to monitor Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce conference, which is taking place October 14–16, get paid “million dollars for each drug zombie they ‘manage.’ Their incentive is therefore massive to keep the narcotics dealers operating, otherwise their herd of drug zombies will leave.”

Similarly, back in 2023, Musk referred to downtown San Francisco as a “derelict zombie apocalypse” when comedian Dave Chappelle claimed “wokeness” was the cause of SF’s problems, per the Chronicle.

“The disaster that is downtown SF, once beautiful and thriving, now a derelict zombie apocalypse, is due to the woke mind virus,” Musk wrote on X at the time.

Benioff is now downplaying his original statement about sending the National Guard to San Francisco, per the San Francisco Standard. Local figures responded over the weekend including San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, who emphatically said, “We don't need your help here,” while pointing out steadily decreasing crime rates. Mayor Daniel Lurie backed up these assertions.

“Crime is down 30 percent citywide. SFPD, our sheriff’s department, is doing an incredible job. We’re going to keep people safe during Salesforce and Dreamforce this week. And we’re going to keep people safe 365 days a year, Lurie said, per KPIX.

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Previously: Day Around the Bay: Salesforce's Marc Benioff Wants to Bring National Guard to SF, ‘Re-Fund’ SFPD

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