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BumRushDaShow

(142,265 posts)
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 05:43 PM Oct 24

After news of DOJ warning, Elon Musk's super PAC didn't announce 'daily' lottery winner on Wednesday

Source: CNN Politics

Published 8:43 AM EDT, Thu October 24, 2024


CNN — Elon Musk’s super PAC didn’t announce a winner for its “daily” $1 million giveaway to registered swing state voters on Wednesday, the same day news broke that the Justice Department warned Musk’s group that its sweepstakes might be illegal.

The pro-Trump group, America PAC, had publicly named a winner every day since Saturday, when Musk announced that he would award $1 million every day to people who sign his petition. The petition is in support of the 1st and 2nd Amendments to the Constitution, but importantly, only registered voters in the battleground states can sign the petition and are therefore eligible for the money.

CNN reported Wednesday afternoon that the Justice Department had sent a warning letter to the super PAC, notifying it that the lottery might violate federal law against offering incentives such as cash or prizes to induce voter registration, people briefed on the matter told CNN.

The super PAC has announced its winners each day to fanfare, with flashy videos posted to social media and celebratory tweets from Musk. It’s unclear if the Justice Department letter is why the super PAC didn’t publicly name a winner on Wednesday. CNN has reached out to the super PAC seeking comment.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/24/politics/elon-musk-super-pac-lottery-winner-doj-warning/index.html

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After news of DOJ warning, Elon Musk's super PAC didn't announce 'daily' lottery winner on Wednesday (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 24 OP
Ah ha!! The scam has kicked into full force, I guess. Knowing muskrat and / or tRUMP, somewere among this is a SWBTATTReg Oct 24 #1
A warning letter? greatbaldeagle Oct 24 #2
Have you ever worked for the federal government? BumRushDaShow Oct 24 #4
Might be. Might not be. Only a... reACTIONary Oct 24 #8
He reneged on his promise? Shocker. catrose Oct 24 #3
I hope Elon get sued for not honoring his promise IbogaProject Oct 24 #5
Yeah make it a class action lawsuit. Wouldn't that be something to behold. padah513 Oct 24 #9
Elon Musk super PAC skips daily $1M giveaway to registered voters after DOJ warning LetMyPeopleVote Oct 24 #6
media shilling for Musk CNYHarris Oct 24 #7

SWBTATTReg

(24,085 posts)
1. Ah ha!! The scam has kicked into full force, I guess. Knowing muskrat and / or tRUMP, somewere among this is a
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 05:50 PM
Oct 24

scam or two involved.

greatbaldeagle

(160 posts)
2. A warning letter?
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 05:50 PM
Oct 24

"Might" be illegal. This is BS. More Merrick Garland weakness and timidity towards Republicans. Wonder why?

IbogaProject

(3,647 posts)
5. I hope Elon get sued for not honoring his promise
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 06:24 PM
Oct 24

Put him between a rock and a hard place, pay up and get charged or fail to pay and get sued. Bonus if both happen, since he already paid people in relation to an election. I also believe it is illegal to have a contest for which there isn't an alternate means of entering without paying or doing what they request of you as a condition. There has to be a way for everyone else to enter if they'd like.

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,450 posts)
6. Elon Musk super PAC skips daily $1M giveaway to registered voters after DOJ warning
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 06:39 PM
Oct 24

Elon may be worried



https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-voter-giveaway/

A super PAC founded by billionaire Elon Musk, a Donald Trump supporter, declined to move forward with its daily $1 million giveaway to a registered voter Wednesday after receiving a warning from the Department of Justice.

Musk had promised that America PAC would give $1 million daily to a registered voter who signed the organization's petition in favor of the First and Second Amendments.

Earlier this week, the DOJ warned Musk that his PAC could be breaking the law by aiming to increase voter registrations with the daily giveaway. It is illegal to pay people to register to vote.

Multiple outlets reported that America PAC skipped the daily giveaway on Wednesday and Thursday.

UCLA law professor Rick Hasen said the scheme was "clearly illegal."

CNYHarris

(29 posts)
7. media shilling for Musk
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 07:37 PM
Oct 24

Last edited Fri Oct 25, 2024, 01:32 PM - Edit history (4)

Soros should campaign on the message Trump is ineligible because of the 14th amendment. Then form a PAC and donate a billion dollars to the PAC for the purpose of vote buying (if Musk can do it, so can Soros).

Soros to pay 100 dollars if you are a registered voter and agree to be part of his America PAC by signing a statement saying you support the 14th Amendment disqualifying politicians that commit insurrection from holding office.

"You are only signing a document/petition to support the 14th Amendment"

AP News: Soros offers voters $1 million a day to sign PAC petition backing the Constitution. Is that legal?

https://apnews.com/article/musk-1-million-giveaway-trump-voters-petition-b4e48acbfe04fde735e60b1911ad0197

Republicans would cry a primal scream over that. Republicans would not stop or relent until the Democratic Party is no more if Soros did the same thing Musk is doing. Imagine if Democrats did 1/6 to try to overthrow the government, for decades you would hear Republicans start off debates with Democrats in saying the Democrat is an insurrectionist and a domestic terrorist, which is what any MAGA is - a domestic terrorist insurrectionist. Part of the Republican Treason Party. Part of the Republican Sedition Party.

Musk is vote buying for Trump... you can hear crickets louder than the media coverage on Musk vote buying. The largest major open vote buying in decades and the media is shilling for Musk. "I don't know, is this vote buying, more coverage perhaps in 5 days on this story, for a few seconds. Back to the horse race between two equal candidates. The media doesn't want to influence voters on this issue, the media agenda is the media should never harm Trump."

The only way the media should address Trump is by each story covering Trump, the media must let the viewers know the Trump is ignoring the fact that Trump is a rapist, felon and insurrectionist, that Trump is twice impeached, and many other horrible things. The media should not allow Trump to get away with memory holing of the truth of Trump's criminality and evil. The media's job is to remind viewers any instance Trump is mentioned in the news that Trump is one of the worst criminals in America and to never relent on these FACTS.

Trump would stage another fake assassination of Trump in throwing a temper tantrum because Trump is being revealed the criminal Trump is, though the media must not be terrorized and threatened by Trump's fake victimhood. Trump is the worst criminal in America and is a totally fake victim. Trump would rather get shot in the leg than go to jail for being the worst criminal in America. Trump wants these staged fake assassinations to avoid going to prison. When a Democrat says Trump is a felon and rapist, the entire MAGA scheme is to play the victim and scream "incitement to assassination". That is one of many ways you know these fake assassinations are staged by Trump. If Trump and the Secret Service would stage on 1/6 a plot to overthrow the government by trying to get Mike Pence to not certify the election and to have Grassley send the decision to the House and the Extreme Court make Biden the loser, then Trump and the Secret Service would not have any qualms about staging fake victimhood to Trump in staged and phony assassinations of Trump. That is the only defense the MAGA crowd have for the facts and truth that Trump is a felon and an adjudicated rapist.

Why isn't Musk behind bars. If billionaire deep stater fake populist Musk can vote buy, then everybody can vote buy. Musk should be in a federal prison. The Soros example is only showing that Democrats have never been the deep state. Republicans get away with crime after crime because the billionaire class, corporate class Republicans are the deep state. Musk and Trump want bitcoin to replace the dollar to make MAGA into trillionaires with a $5000 bitcoin investment in 2010. Those that got into bitcoin first are going to be bitcoin trillionaires with Musk and Trump. Those that got in second into bitcoin are going to be billionaires. Those that got in third into bitcoin are going to be millionaires. MAGA are rich in bitcoin. That is the Musk and Trump agenda for the next 4 years = promote bitcoin.

Trump is a worse criminal than Al Capone. Al Capone never tried to overthrow the government to hand the government over to the loser of an election in a violent coup.

Though don't put it past Al Capone to hire his own thugs (after you call Capone a mobster) to stage fake hits on Capone to say Capone is the victim. The Capone assassin agent working for Capone said the reason for the staged hits on Capone was the media calling Capone a criminal. Capone says you cannot state that Capone is a felon or arrest Capone because of incitement to assassinating Capone. No freedom of speech to call a spade a spade. Or else Capone is going to stage a fake assassination of himself to provide fake victimhood to himself.

When Democrats slam Republicans hard for MAGA criminality by exposing Trump and Musk are criminals:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-accuses-media-of-actively-encouraging-his-assassination-for-supporting-trump/ar-AA1sBXQv

Fake victimhood is the only defense Republicans have.

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