Elon Musk Is Firing Up the Vote-Buying Machine Again
Elon Musk has sent conflicting messages over the past year about politics, at one point getting so frustrated with Donald Trump that he pledged to start his own political party. That idea went nowhere fast, and he claimed he would back off from any political spending in the future. Musk has authorized his super PAC to spend as much as $120 million helping Republicans, according to a new report from the New York Times.
- ▪Elon Musk has sent conflicting messages over the past year about politics, at one point getting so frustrated with Donald Trump that he pledged to start his own political party.
- ▪That idea went nowhere fast, and he claimed he would back off from any political spending in the future.
- ▪Musk has authorized his super PAC to spend as much as $120 million helping Republicans, according to a new report from the New York Times.
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Elon Musk has sent conflicting messages over the past year about politics, at one point getting so frustrated with Donald Trump that he pledged to start his own political party. That idea went nowhere fast, and he claimed he would back off from any political spending in the future. But that was a lie.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000793042","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"politics","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"politics","TAGS":"america-pac,donald-trump,elon-musk","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); The SpaceX CEO is ready to really throw his weight around for the midterm…
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