NBC News reports:
Billionaire Elon Musk has upped his financial offer for registered swing state voters to sign a conservative-leaning petition, announcing Saturday that his pro-Trump super PAC would be awarding $1 million to a random signee every day from now until the election.
Musk said Saturday the goal is to get between 1 million and 2 million voters in battleground states to sign the petition “because I think this sends a crucial message to our elected politicians to, you know, care about the outcome in battleground states.”
Musk delivered the first of the checks Saturday to a man who emerged from the crowd to loud cheers, saying the man “had no idea” he’d be selected. “The only thing we ask for the million dollars is that you be a spokesperson for the petition, and that’s it, really,” Musk said.
Read the full article. Remember all the screaming and lawsuits because Zuckerberg helped fund local election offices?
first check given away awkwardly to crowd member in harrisburg pic.twitter.com/PUnTPEBLQV
— Tim Dickinson (@7im) October 20, 2024
In Harrisburg, @ElonMusk hands a million dollar check to a voter chosen at random from co-signers of his “free speech and right to bear arms” petition.
He promises to do this each day up until Election Day.
“Thanks Elon this is really great,” the winner says. pic.twitter.com/pkBVG2Hkys
— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) October 20, 2024
Elon Musk just announced on stage that his SuperPAC will be awarding $1 million to a person chosen at random that has signed his SuperPAC’s petition.
He says he will be doing it every day through election day.
He brought a man on stage and gave him a big $1 million check… pic.twitter.com/2Vo2lDH6jc
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 20, 2024
How’s this legal?
Elon Musk just announced that his Super PAC will be awarding a million dollars every day until the election to registered Pennsylvania voters who signed his Super PAC petition. pic.twitter.com/ZOX0IYvnvH
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) October 20, 2024