America Pac said to be doing bulk of Trump’s voter turnout work in battleground states, which may give Musk leverage

America Pac said to be doing bulk of Trump’s voter turnout work in battleground states, which may give Musk leverage

Elon Musk has donated roughly $75m over the last three months to his pro-Donald Trump spending group, underscoring how the billionaire has become crucial to the Republican candidate’s efforts to win the US presidential election.

Filings submitted by America Pac on Tuesday to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) showed Musk donated $15m (£12m) in July, $30m in August and another $30m in September. Musk remains the political action committee’s only donor.

America Pac has quietly become the principal ground game partner for the Trump campaign, doing the bulk of the voter turnout work across the battleground states, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Musk’s personal political views appear to have taken a sharp turn to the right this election, after previously identifying himself publicly as aligned with the Democrats. He endorsed Trump in July and appeared on stage at Trump’s second rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, earlier this month.

The shift appears to have started earlier than previously known. Musk has been donating to conservative causes for years, the Wall Street Journal reported this month, giving tens of millions of dollars to rightwing groups.

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  • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    This is why you don’t take anything a public personality says to heart. People who make money based off their public persona can and will say anything to maintain an appearance that makes money. Musk said he was a Democrat while donating to conservatives until he was so rich he didn’t need to care about his public persona. Same thing with corporations. Nestle probably says they care about the environment while raping it. Amazon probably says they care about their employees while working them to death. Tons of major corporations are removing DE&I initiatives now that Y’allqaeda has shown its boycotts can be effective.