{"id":24833,"date":"2024-10-20T04:35:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T04:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=24833"},"modified":"2024-10-20T04:58:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T04:58:16","slug":"musk-pours-millions-to-back-trump-in-us-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/10\/musk-pours-millions-to-back-trump-in-us-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk pours millions to back Trump in US elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONITORING (SW) – With US elections around the corner, Elon Musk has increased his support for Republican candidate Donald Trump\u2019s campaign by offering $100 to registered Pennsylvania voters to sign his petition, reinforcing the right to bear arms and free speech.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After Musk pushed a debunked voter fraud conspiracy theory on Thursday evening at a pro-Trump town hall event in Pennsylvania, he announced in an X post that he was doubling his financial offer for engagement with the petition, which had been set at $47.<\/p>\n

He said the deadline to sign the petition is Monday night, the day that Pennsylvania voter registration closes, reported NBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re a registered Pennsylvania voter, you & whoever referred you will now get $100 for signing our petition in support of free speech & right to bear arms,\u201d Musk wrote.<\/p>\n

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Musk initially launched the petition and referral offer in early October. His America PAC released the petition, which is in support of the Constitution\u2019s First and Second amendments. For anyone who refers a registered swing state voter to sign it, Musk promised to mail a check. For the current offer, he said checks will be mailed to voter addresses on file in Pennsylvania.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

The program appears to\u00a0avoid breaking\u00a0campaign finance laws, which make it illegal to pay people to register to vote, because the payment is for signing the petition and referring registered voters to sign the petition, rather than for registration.<\/p>\n

However, Musk, the world\u2019s richest person, has vocally urged swing state voters in Pennsylvania to vote for former President Donald Trump,\u00a0saying Thursday\u00a0that the 2024 election will decide the \u201cfate of America\u201d and \u201cthe fate of Western civilization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previously vowing to stay apolitical, Musk has sharply veered to support conservatives since taking over X, formerly Twitter. Over the summer, he endorsed Trump and has ramped up various means of support for the candidate. Recent disclosures show that Musk has donated\u00a0$75 million\u00a0to his own pro-Trump super PAC.<\/p>\n

On X, where he is the most-followed person with over 200 million followers, Musk has\u00a0repeatedly pushed\u00a0false and inflammatory claims on topics including immigration, free speech and voter fraud.<\/p>\n

Musk\u2019s America PAC has also paid to\u00a0run ads\u00a0on Facebook and Instagram for voter registration in swing states. In August, the PAC collected voter data but\u00a0only directed\u00a0certain zip codes to an official way to register to vote, a move that courted significant controversy. Election officials in Michigan and North Carolina investigated whether the website was misleading voters, but Michigan said it hadn\u2019t found any evidence of violating state campaign finance law.<\/p>\n

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