Elon Musk has beencampaigning hardfor Donald Trump , in an effort to get his fellow billionaire re - elect President . A cock-a-hoop part of Musk ’s political strategy thus far has been to roil up conservative voter blocs with rightwing , anti - Democrat conspiracy theories and misinformation . During a hunting expedition upshot in the pivotal swinging land of Pennsylvania , Musk recently gestured at a well - known ( and , as some former Trump compatriotshave discovered , extremely libelous ) confederacy theory : that the use of balloting machines sold by Dominion Voting Systems is , somehow , a questionable idea .
Apparently not deterred by the fact that the last multitude who charge the electioneering society of wrongdoing regain themselves in ayears - long litigation battlethat ended ina $ 787 million payout , Musk cram cautiously into dangerous rhetorical Ethel Waters during a town hall - panache event in Folsom , Pennsylvania on Thursday . When asked by an hearing member about the issue of elector fraud , Musk look at a brief detour into his favorite place : conspiracy - land .
“ When you have mail - in ballot and no proof of citizenship , it ’s almost impossible to prove wander , ” Musk said , in response to the audience penis ’s question . He then added : “ Statistically there are some very strange things that happen that are statistically improbably unbelievable . There ’s always this question of , say , the Dominion ballot machines . It is weird that , I guess , they were used in Philadelphia and in Maricopa County [ in Arizona ] but not in a lot of other space . Does n’t that seem like a heck of a coincidence ? ”
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Careful , Elon , careful . I think your life ’s already complicated enough without yet another titanic effectual battle on your hands .
Musk has used hisrecently purchasedweb platform , X ( formerly Twitter ) , to promote laughable rightwing conspiracy theory , many of which have unite the Democrats to plot touse illegal immigrants to commit mass voter impostor . In cosmopolitan , Musk has seemed jolly undiscerning with the kinds of title he makes ( herecently claimed , for instance , that , instead of helping hurricane Helene victim , FEMA had “ used up its budget ferrying illegals into the country , ” afictional actthat Musk dub “ Treason ” ) . That said , the billionaire also appear to have learned that when it comes to Dominion Voting Systems , it ’s good to err on the side of ambiguity rather than make any statements that could get yourself sued into obliviousness . Saying that the use of Dominion ballot machines is “ uncanny ” is n’t exactlywhat Rudy Giuliani said .
Musk has involved himself in the U.S. electoral process in a fashion that is fundamentally unprecedented in modernistic history . The tech billionaire is credited with run Trump ’s priming coat game in major swing state , and has leveraged tens of gazillion of dollars to do so . He has poured money into a mixed bag of unlike pro - Trump mathematical group , the likes of which have resorted to progressively improper campaign strategies to generate elector .
On Friday , for instance , news brokethat a Musk - linked PAC was micro - direct Moslem and Jewish voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania with contradictory political advertising ( the ads targeting the Muslim voters allegedly take Harris was faithful with Israel , while the ads targeting Jewish voters claimed she was anti - Semite ) . Another Musk - funded groupreportedly createdwhat has been dubbed a “ phony pro - Harris ” run internet site which highlight “ disproven and misleading claims about Harris ’ positions . ” On top of all of this , Musk has late resorted topaying voters to sign political petitions , in a drill that has election constabulary expertsraising their brow .
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