On October 17, 2024, SpaceX and Tesla founder Musk participated in a town hall-style meeting at Ridley High School in Folsom, Pennsylvania, to promote early and absentee voting.
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Billionaire Elon Musk pledged on Saturday to donate $1 million a day to people who sign an online petition supporting the U.S. Constitution ahead of the November election.
He wasted no time in presenting a $1 million check to an attendee at a Pennsylvania event aimed at rallying supporters of Republican Donald Trump. According to event officials, the winner was a man named John Dreher.
“By the way, John doesn’t know. So anyway, you’re welcome,” the Tesla founder said as he handed Dreher the check.
The money is the latest example of Musk using his extraordinary wealth to influence a competitive market. presidential campaign between trump card and his Democratic rivals. Kamala Harris.
Musk founded America PAC, a political action group he founded to support Trump’s presidential campaign. The group is helping mobilize and register voters in swing states, but There are signs It is having trouble achieving its goals.
The Harrisburg event was the third in as many days in Pennsylvania, where Musk painted the November election in stark terms and encouraged supporters to vote early and for others to do the same.
He said Saturday that if Harris wins, this will be the “last election,” suggesting the United States will cease to exist.
He also said that the two assassination attempt Opposing Trump proves that he is angering people and upending the status quo in ways that Harris will not. He said that’s why no one tried to kill Harris.
“There’s no value in assassinating puppets,” Musk said, repeating a sentiment he made in a social media post.
The petition Musk is asking people to sign reads: “The First and Second Amendments guarantee the right to free speech and to bear arms. By signing below, I pledge to support the First and Second Amendments.”
Attendees of Saturday’s event were required to sign a petition, which allowed PAC to gain access to more potential voters’ contact information to vote for Trump.
Musk, who Forbes ranks as the world’s richest man, has given at least $75 million to the U.S. political action committee so far, making the group a key part of Trump’s bid to regain the White House, according to federal disclosures.
The entrepreneur behind automaker Tesla and rocket and satellite company SpaceX has increasingly embraced Republican causes, becoming an outspoken Trump supporter this year.
Trump said that if elected, he would appoint Musk to lead the Council on Government Effectiveness.
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