Elon Musk is Trying to Buy the Election
This is another example of why we need election reform
Is the richest man in the world trying to buy the 2024 presidential election? If Elon Musk succeeds in his aims, there will be one million new Trump voters before November 5th.
Musk started a super PAC a few months ago, called the America PAC. A super PAC is an independent group that can raise unlimited sums of money for parties or issues. They are not allowed to coordinate directly with candidates, but because the Supreme Court has determined that money=speech, there is no limit to how much they can spend.
In the few months since its inception, the America PAC has spent nearly $80 million campaigning for Trump and against Harris, according to OpenSecrets, a nonprofit that tracks campaign spending. Musk is focusing a lot of