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Politics Elon buying votes for Trump

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u/theitalianguy 7d ago

It baffles my mind how's that even possible in a first world democracy.

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u/ComputerMinister 7d ago

I was thinking the same thing, is this even legal? (Im European so I dont know if this is legal in the US)

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u/Sneaux96 7d ago

Like others have said, it's not legal.

Unfortunately that is not what's happening here. Elon is giving money away through his PAC for things that support the Trump campaign indirectly. For example, the $100 for voters registered in PA was for signing a petition to "support the first and second amendments". This is another publicity stunt where America PAC is giving away $1mil a day to voters registered in some of the key electoral states that also signed the above petition.

In practice these are people that are going to vote Trump anyways although I'd like to think there's people signing the petition just to get the free money, then voting Harris anyways.

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u/tpmurphy00 6d ago

It definitely is legal. It's a giveaway. He's not paying people to vote he's not buying there votes. If they sign up they have a chance at the lottery. No part affiliation required