Elon Musk is a problem - His SuperPAC will be awarding $1 million to a person chosen at random that has signed his SuperPAC’s petition.

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1/11
@DanteAtkins
As an example of how mindbogglingly stupid Elon is and how you shouldn't be having him run your GOTV, he posted this about New Jersey's vote. Commentary in thread.



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2/11
@DanteAtkins
Yes. Republicans are ahead by a few thousand in in-person early voting. Unfortunately for him, that's only 37 percent of votes cast. The rest are cast by mail, where Dems have a 40-point advantage. 1/x



3/11
@DanteAtkins
Cumulatively, that means that Dems have an advantage of 51-27 in party percentage, with the rest being no party or minor parties, and a raw vote advantage of 250,000. Over half the state's million+ votes have been cast by Dems. 2/x



4/11
@DanteAtkins
So Musk is implying to his equally stupid legions of fans that they're significantly overperforming in New Jersey when they're really not, and undoubtedly believes this himself. And this is who is running Republican GOTV.



5/11
@DanteAtkins
Now, don't get me wrong, that makes me laugh, partially, but the downside is that this sort of "we are going to landslide everywhere!" garbage significantly increases the odds of violence stemming from conspiracy theories when it doesn't happen.



6/11
@DanteAtkins
Until then, though, I really hope Elon allocates a ton of resources to flipping New Jersey. Do it, Elon! It's within reach!



7/11
@oeperezg
Is it legal to post these “bulletins” before the voting closes?



8/11
@DanteAtkins
Of course it is. Who has voted already is public data. Campaigns rely on it, and so do media.



9/11
@Majinfukkingbuu
Its part of the set up for the 2nd big lie.

"Look how much we were up"



10/11
@audreymg0928
And he assumes all those republicans are voting Trump which we know they are not.



11/11
@HenryRorshach
Let him think he is winning.
After all, we wouldn’t want him to turn his exemplary business sense and organizational skills to anything other than defrauding the RNC for a sham GOTV effort.




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1/11
@kyledcheney
JUST IN: A federal judge has rejected Elon MUSK's bid to move the Philadelphia lawsuit to federal court. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.paed.629416/gov.uscourts.paed.629416.10.0.pdf



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2/11
@voxrob
As it should've been. These are state laws Elmo was sued over violating.



3/11
@ChidiNwatu
Elon has arrived at the “find out” phase of FAFO.



4/11
@sandiechill
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Let's go.
Billionaires are not above the law.
Thank you, Jesus.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥



5/11
@GriFdotpy
These guys truly think that they own the country…



6/11
@AcunaAndrew
Does this mean that he is now retroactively in contempt of court for failing to show up yesterday?



7/11
@ShiZaruZoe
May justice & consequences be swift & adequate. /search?q=#DeportfELON 🤡🐓🍭



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8/11
@klsmd12
Sweet justice 🔥



9/11
@GOPJesusUSA
The frivolous filing caused a delay that got him out of appearing in court on Thursday. Watch Elmo try something else to push it beyond Tuesday's election.

The ultra rich all do this. c.f. Donald J Trup



10/11
@weedw88
Wow, it looks like the legal battle continues for Elon! 🔍🤔 This is definitely going to be an interesting development to follow.



11/11
@BDeMayo
Hahahhahahhaha.

Sucks to suck Leon

Hahahhahahahhahahhahaha



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This being the thing that might actually fukk Elon up is hilarious.

It's so blatant that idek how he was thinking he would get away with this UNLESS Trump wins.
 

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Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes can proceed, a Pennsylvania judge says​


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Elon Musk is pledging to give away $1 million a day to voters for signing his political action committee’s petition backing the Constitution. The giveaway by the Donald Trump supporter is raising questions among some who say it’s a violation of the law.

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America PAC lawyer Chris Gober speaks with members of the media ahead of a hearing at a City Hall courtroom in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Elon Musk speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner arrives for a hearing at a City Hall courtroom, in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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America PAC lawyer Chris Gober speaks with members of the media ahead of a hearing at a City Hall courtroom in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Elon Musk speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, third from right, arrives for a hearing at a City Hall courtroom, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Updated 5:19 PM EST, November 4, 2024

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes that Elon Musk ‘s political action committee is hosting in swing states can continue through Tuesday’s presidential election, a Pennsylvania judge ruled Monday.

Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta — ruling after Musk’s lawyers said the winners are paid spokespeople and not chosen by chance — did not immediately explain his reasoning.

District Attorney Larry Krasner, a Democrat, had called the process a scam “designed to actually influence a national election” and asked that it be shut down.

Musk lawyer Chris Gober said the final two recipients before Tuesday’s presidential election will be in Arizona on Monday and Michigan on Tuesday.

“The $1 million recipients are not chosen by chance,” Gober said Monday. “We know exactly who will be announced as the $1 million recipient today and tomorrow.”

Chris Young, the director and treasurer of America PAC, testified that the recipients are vetted ahead of time, to “feel out their personality, (and) make sure they were someone whose values aligned” with the group.

Musk’s lawyers, defending the effort, called it “core political speech” given that participants sign a petition endorsing the U.S. Constitution. They also said Krasner’s bid to shut it down under Pennsylvania law was moot because there would be no more Pennsylvania winners before the program ends Tuesday.

Krasner believes the giveaways violates state election law and contradict what Musk promised when he announced them during an appearance with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump ‘s campaign in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 19: “We’re going to be awarding a million dollars randomly to people who have signed the petition every day from now until the election,” Musk vowed.

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AP AUDIO: Musk PAC tells Philadelphia judge the $1 million sweepstakes winners are not chosen by chance​


With reporters outside the courtroom in Philadelphia, Chris Gober, an attorney representing Elon Musk’s political action committee, says the $1 million dollar sweepstakes Musk has been conducting is legal.

Young also acknowledged that the PAC made the recipients sign nondisclosure agreements.

“They couldn’t really reveal the truth about how they got the money, right?” Summers asked.

“Sounds right,” Young said.

In an Oct. 20 social media post shown in court, Musk said anyone signing the petition had “a daily chance of winning $1M!”

Summers grilled him on Musk’s use of both the words “chance” and “randomly,” prompting Young to concede the latter was not “the word I would have selected.”

Young said the winners knew they would be called on stage but not specifically that they would win the money.

Musk did not attend the hearing. He has committed more than $70 million to the super PAC to help Trump and other Republicans win in November.

“This was all a political marketing masquerading as a lottery,” Krasner testified Monday. “That’s what it is. A grift.”

Lawyers for Musk and the PAC said they do not plan to extend the lottery beyond Tuesday. Krasner said the first three winners, starting on Oct. 19, came from Pennsylvania in the days leading up to the state’s Oct. 21 voter registration deadline.

Other winners came from the battleground states of Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Michigan. It’s not clear if anyone has yet received the money. The PAC pledged they would get it by Nov. 30, according to an exhibit shown in court.

More than 1 million people from the seven states have registered for the sweepstakes by signing a petition saying they support the right to free speech and to bear arms, the first two amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Krasner questioned how the PAC might use their data, which it will have on hand well past the election.
 
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