What's behind Elon Musk's massive effort to elect Trump
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🗓️ 21 October 2024
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| 0:00.0 | The world's richest man, Elon Musk, is now a powerful mega donor for Donald Trump. |
| 0:06.0 | Musk is using his vast resources to campaign for him in Pennsylvania and taking aggressive measures for |
| 0:12.2 | Mr. Trump in other key battleground states. |
| 0:14.8 | Some of those moves are raising major legal and ethical concerns as well. |
| 0:18.8 | Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk unveiling a new tactic to boost Donald Trump's campaign. |
| 0:27.0 | Pledging to randomly award $1 million to registered swing state voters daily through election day. |
| 0:33.4 | You must welcome. |
| 0:35.4 | The catch sign a petition for his pro-Trump political action committee. |
| 0:39.8 | The petition is in support of the first and second amendments. |
| 0:42.8 | It's very straightforward. |
| 0:45.1 | You don't even have to vote. |
| 0:45.9 | You don't have to vote. |
| 0:47.2 | You just have to sign a petition saying you believe in the Constitution. |
| 0:50.4 | Musk's political action committee known as America Pack has already committed $75 million to the Trump campaign. |
| 0:57.0 | Some election experts say Musk's latest effort could be illegal. |
| 1:02.0 | That's because federal law prohibits offering, paying, or |
| 1:04.8 | accepting payment in exchange for voter registration or voting. But Musk and his allies |
| 1:10.0 | argue there's an important distinction. Payments and voter status aren't directly linked. |
| 1:15.6 | They say voter registration is merely a prerequisite to sign the petition. |
| 1:20.4 | Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a supporter of Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday called it deeply concerning |
| 1:26.6 | Musk obviously has a right to be able to express his views. I don't deny him that right but when you start flowing this kind of money into politics I think it raises |
| 1:36.7 | serious questions that folks may want to take a look at |
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