Elon’s writing checks again:
Elon Musk said he’ll campaign in Wisconsin on Sunday, capping his unprecedented investment in the state’s supreme court race. It started with ad buys from his Building America’s Future PAC, continued with direct mail to Republicans from his America PAC, and accelerated with cash offers to voters who signed a petition to reject “activist judges who impose their own views” on citizens.
“I will also personally hand over two checks for a million dollars each in appreciation for you taking the time to vote,” Musk wrote on X, previewing his Sunday night appearance. It would be open, he said, to Wisconsinites who prove that they’ve voted in the race between Democratic Party-backed candidate Susan Crawford and GOP-backed Brad Schimel. Ben Wikler, the chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, said that by offering $100 to voters who signed America PAC’s petition, and awarding $1 million prizes to a random supporters, Musk was “committ[ing] a blatant felony.”
He’s since changed his strategy now that he knows it’s illegal. He’ll be giving away the millions as part of a “sweepstakes” for those who sign a petition as he did in Pennsylvania last November.
But it’s pretty clear that nothing will be done about it. The big question is whether it will make a difference. They clearly believe that it did in Pennsylvania. Here’s little X spilling the beans:
Elon Musk’s son tells Tucker Carlson that Trump will win and the people “will never know”
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Musk thinks this Wisconsin Supreme Court election is important because the future gerrymandering of the state is at stake and I suspect he and Trump also want to win this one with Musk’s participation to show that if he gets involved with his billions the other side has no chance. They are mostly aiming this at Republicans who might think of crossing Trump.
I don’t know that his money can buy it but there’s a reasonably good chance that the Republican Nazi running for the seat will win. It’s a very polarized state. And that will strengthen their hand for the upcoming battles in Congress and probably the courts. Every win makes them stronger and people who are just handing them to them because it’s the path of least resistance are nothing but collaborators.
I know I don’t have to tell any of my readers how important this is. Let’s just hope that more Democrats are motivated to come out that Republicans and that Musk’s money isn’t enough to make a difference.