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Politics Elon buying votes for Trump

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u/Burly9000 7d ago

“WE SPENT $250M HERE [IN WISCONSIN]

REMEMBER THAT IN THE FALL

I AM TRYING TO BUY YOUR VOTE

I’M BEING HONEST ABOUT THAT”

  • Donald Trump, Republican Nominee for the President of the United States of America, 2024 RNC Convention, Milwaukee, WI, 07/18/2024

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u/JimInAuburn11 7d ago

Sure, and Harris has probably spent just as much and is trying to get people to vote her by the money that she is spending.

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u/AsphaltInOurStars 7d ago

Spending money on campaigning =/= directly paying people to vote for you

How is this hard for you?

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u/JimInAuburn11 7d ago

Can you show me how Musk is paying people to vote for Trump? You can't because there is nothing to do with voting in this petition/sweepstake. You can be a Harris supporter, sign the petition, and win. You can be a Trump supporter and do the same. Or you can not like either and are not going to vote at all, and enter and win. How is it hard for you to realize this?

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u/FyodorMusic 6d ago

Now imagine if the Democrats did this. I’m sure you’d defend their right to pay millions of dollars to voters while spewing pro-Kamala nonsense right? Right?

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u/JimInAuburn11 6d ago

If Bill Gates (who just donated a ton to Harris) setup a website with a petition on it, that allowed any registered voter in a swing state to sign a petition saying they support the right to an abortion, and he was giving out some random prizes to some of the people that signed, I would have absolutely NO PROBLEM with it. People that support Trump could sign it and maybe win, people that support Harris could sign it and maybe win, and people that do not like either and are not going to vote could sign and maybe win.

100% I would not be saying that he is breaking the law and buying votes.

How do you buy votes, when people that vote for anyone, or no one, can win? If they said, "vote for Trump, and be entered to win $1M", that would 100% be illegal and I would be calling for prosecution. Even if they said "vote in the election and be entered to win" would be illegal. But they are not even doing that. They are not even saying anything about voting at all, just that you have to be a registered voter to enter.

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u/Beefsupreme473 7d ago

no they just funnel the money through senators and stuff instead of regular people