Elon Musk gives $75m to pro-Trump group, putting him among the largest Republican donors

[yaesu]

Source: Guardian

Elon Musk gave around $75m to his pro-Donald Trump spending group in the span of three months, federal disclosures show, underscoring how the billionaire has become crucial to the Republican candidate’s efforts to win the US presidential election.

America PAC, which is focused on turning out voters in the closely contested states battleground states that could decide the election, spent around $72m of that in the July-September period, according to disclosures filed to the Federal Election Commission.

That is more than any other pro-Trump Super Pac focused on turning out voters. The Trump campaign is broadly reliant on outside groups for canvassing voters, meaning the Super Pac founded by Musk – the world’s richest man – plays an outsized role in the razor-thin election between Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris.

Musk, the CEO of electric car manufacturer Tesla, was the sole donor to the group in that period.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/16/elon-musk-donald-trump-donation-america-pac

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Apartheid bb wannabe dictator elon musk spending his space cowboy money on another wannabe dictator, no surprise there

[Miguelito Loveless]

1. If we manage to make it through this election

with our democracy intact, the other reform that will have to be dealt with is re-writing campaign finance law and putting and end to this type of flagrant corruption.

[PortTack]

2. Exactly! It has to neuter citizens united

[kimbutgar]

3. l agree let him give all his money !

At this point it’s hard to polish an orange turd and say it’s gold !

A immigrant fool and his money parted !

I hope when VP Harris becomes President they try to find a replacement for his government contracts.

[Aussie105]

4. Is it 'his' money though?

Could it be from Tesla sales profits, and government contract money?

If so, how do taxpayers and Tesla owners feel about this?