Musk spent more than a quarter-billion dollars to elect Trump, including funding a mysterious super PAC, new filings show

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/05/politics/elon-musk-trump-campaign-finance-filings/index.html

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  1. Saved you a click: Elon Musk spent over $260 million during the 2024 election cycle to support Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, making him one of the largest individual contributors in U.S. political history. Campaign finance filings reveal that Musk funneled $238 million into a super PAC called America PAC, which focused on voter mobilization in key states. Additionally, he contributed $20.5 million to RBG PAC, a group that ran ads portraying Trump’s abortion stance as aligned with late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s views, aiming to appeal to moderate voters.

    Musk’s financial influence extended beyond these contributions, with America PAC employing aggressive strategies like daily voter sweepstakes to increase turnout. His significant spending underscores the growing role of billionaire donors in shaping U.S. elections and has sparked calls for campaign finance reform. The revelations also highlight Musk’s close ties to Trump, with frequent appearances at Mar-a-Lago and involvement in discussions about dismantling parts of the federal government under Trump’s administration.

  3. They forgot about the 40 billion that was raised to buy twitter. That was a campaign contribution

  5. He should be deported along with Melanoma and family.

  7. America: Home of the best government money can buy!

  10. Still peanuts compared to what Zuckerberg spent to elect Biden in 2020

  11. Elections can be bought and stolen. The fix was in when Trump and Musk said they were going to do it and they didn’t need votes.

  12. In other words he did what everyone was so scared Bezos would do; bought an election.

  16. so only like 1/140 of how much he’s burned on turning twitter into X.

  17. Not to elect Trump. He spent it to BUY Trump. There’s a difference.

  20. But, but, but, George Soros, what about George Soros, huh, huh, huh? It’s always George Soros who is the bad guy, isn’t it? I don’t know what a reasonable political donation should be these days, but a quarter billion bucks ain’t it. I’d cap it at $1000 once, any person, company or PAC, and limit campaigning to no more than six months. The current arrangement is ridiculous.

  21. Presidency for sell!

    Get it now while supplies last!!

    -the US , apparently.

  23. Small investment to become the first trillionaire on earth.

  24. The best part is that this isnt even a lot of money to him. Lol

  25. This oligarchial batman villain shit is exactly what John McCain tried in vain to stop. Too late now. We “won’t ever have to vote again.”

  26. Here’s the thing: we twice “elect” a nitwit like trump who can’t do a damn thing himself, has to surround himself with “yes men” to get anything done because he’s either too stupid or lazy to get things done himself. Seems to be a recurring, long-running theme in his life.

    And someone like Musk is only doing what someone like Musk does ->throw money at grifters who are willing to bend or break the rules just to get them all what they want, which is the keys to our country’s treasury.

  27. Kamala Harris spent over $1.5 billion and still lost, lol.

  29. And he has proven he expects a return on his investment. Odd that he paid 80x more for Twitter than he paid for the USA.

  31. Now tell the united health care guy to do Elon next.

  32. proof you can buy an election with a quarter billion and unending misinformation..

  34. And it paid him something like 50 billion. Solid investment.

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