SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk participates in a town hall-style meeting to promote early voting and absentee voting at Ridley High School in Folsom, Pennsylvania, on October 17, 2024.
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Billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday pledged to donate $1 million every day until the November election to people who signed an online petition supporting the U.S. Constitution.
And he wasted no time presenting $1 million checks to attendees of an event in Pennsylvania aimed at rallying supporters for Republican Donald Trump. According to event staff, the winner was a man named John Dreher.
“By the way, John had no idea. Anyway, you’re welcome,” the Tesla founder said as he handed Dreher the check.
The funding is the latest example of Musk using his extraordinary wealth to influence a hotly contested race. presidential election between playing cards and his Democratic rival kamala harris.
Musk launched America PAC, a political action group established to support the Trump presidential campaign. The group helps mobilize and register voters in battleground states; there are signs I’m having trouble achieving my goals.
The event in Harrisburg was the third in recent days in Pennsylvania, where Musk painted the November election in harsh terms, urging his supporters to vote early and encouraging others to do the same. I encourage you to get it.
He said Saturday that if Harris wins, it will be the “last election”, suggesting the United States no longer exists.
he said both assassination attempt Proving to Mr. Trump that he is ruffling feathers and upending the status quo in a way that Ms. Harris does not. That’s why no one tried to kill Harris, he said.
“Assassinating puppets is worthless,” Musk reiterated a claim he made in a social media post.
The petition Musk is asking people to sign states: “The First and Second Amendments guarantee freedom of speech and the right to bear arms. By signing the following, I am voting to amend the Constitution. We pledge our support for Articles 1 and 2.”
Attendees at Saturday’s event will be required to sign a petition, which will allow America PAC to collect contact details of more potential voters that it can work with to get Trump to the polls.
According to federal disclosures, Mr. Musk, who is ranked by Forbes magazine as the world’s richest person, has given at least $75 million to America PAC to date, and the group is trying to take back the White House. This is an important part of President Trump’s efforts to achieve this goal.
The entrepreneurs behind automaker Tesla and rocket and satellite venture SpaceX have increasingly embraced Republican ideals, becoming outspoken Trump supporters this year.
Meanwhile, President Trump said that if elected, he would appoint Musk to head the Government Efficiency Commission.