MAGA Billionaire Musk Plots Multimillion Dollar Swing State Voter Blitz for Trump
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- Oct 15, 2024
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America PAC, however, has allowed the worldâs richest man and his moneyed Silicon Valley palsâincluding Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale, billionaire venture capitalist Douglas Leone, the Winklevoss twins, PayPal co-founder Ken Howeryâto voice their full-throated support by funneling tens of millions into turning out Trump voters in battleground states.
The committee had spent $87 million on the presidential race as of last week, with two-thirds of that going to field operations, the Post reported, citing Federal Election Commission filings.
The effort has produced mixed results.
The Post reported that the notoriously impulsive Muskâwho has fired thousands at his various companies in recent yearsâis intimately involved with America PACâs operations, taking an aggressively hands-on approach that has led him to sack a bevy of vendors since July.
That meant the PAC had to reboot its plans in Arizona and Nevada in July, while a source told the Post it has struggled to recruit and retain campaign workers amid the disorder and turnover prompted by soaring regional heatwaves.
âHow many people do you know that can just take time off to go knock doors?â they told the newspaper. âWho are those people? And then they get out there and it sounds good and then you go out and work in summer heat and realize itâs not for me.â
Musk apparently pushed back against PAC advisers who cautioned him he was moving too quickly, reportedly believing that âif we just run out there with clipboards and tell people whatâs at stake, they will be convinced.â
In the campaignâs final weeks, Musk is fixated on deploying the PACâs considerable capital to bankroll the MAGA worldâs most aggressive get-out-the-vote operations.
The Post reported that a hiring surge for canvassers, who can make $20 to $40 an hour, is planned, with a particular focus on the swing states that will determine the outcome of the election, with Wisconsin and Pennsylvania among the focal points.
âIf [Trump] loses, Iâm f---ed,â Musk told former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in an interview last week.
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