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vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months ago

'Easy money': Trump backer Elon Musk claims PAC will pay $47 for swing state voter information

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'Easy money': Trump backer Elon Musk claims PAC will pay $47 for swing state voter information

www.cnbc.com

vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months ago
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Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and owner of X, is backing Donald Trump in the presidential election against Vice President Kamala Harris.
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  • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    So that’s what his shirt says

    • BigBenis@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Where is his neck?

      • fern@lemmy.autism.place
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        His mother took it.

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    That fucker’s high as a kite

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      9 months ago

      Low as a slug.

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    9 months ago

    $47 space bucks.

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    Hey I’m a swing state voter! Can I sign up myself for the money? I will sign saying I support the first and second amendments (I really like that part in the second about the “well regulated militia”). I mean, $47 is $47.

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      We should get Democrats to fake sign up for this, get the money, and donate it to Kamala.

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    That’s so transparently the bare minimum separation needed to make sure they can’t be sued for blatantly buying votes. Fucking heinous anti-American tactics.

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      9 months ago

      Well, he is an apartheid era South African.

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      “Just asking questions, brah”

      That’s what separates this. They want real polling data, not realizing the only shitheads who would answer this call are poor Trump voters who don’t know any better.

      Let’s be real though, after all the grifts he’s been pulling on this people, they could ALL use $47.

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      I am curious what is the limit? I didn’t think any amount is legal.

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      blatantly buying votes

      That’s assuming you believe Elon’s good for the money. How many times has this guy walked out when the check came due?

      It would be quaint to go back to the era of vote buying machine politics. This is just another scam from our nation’s premiere scam artist.

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    Florida and Texas are trying really hard to be swing states, we should send him contact info of D.trump and E.musk

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      https://petition.theamericapac.org/

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    You’d think the owner of a shady software company would know he could get that information from data brokers. Hell, voter rolls are usually available for a relatively small fee: https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/access-to-and-use-of-voter-registration-lists

    Any competent campaign would already have identified their likely voters.

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      I’ve gotten a lot of crap from conservatives this year. First time that’s really happened. Usually just get stuff from dems.

      So I’m leaning toward they didn’t buy targeted data, they just bought the cheapest data they could. They may have no idea who their likely voters are.

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    He won’t actually pay out. He’ll die in arbitration before he sends any money.

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    Imagine selling your soul for $47 only to have the check bounce

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      It’ll turn out to be $47 X-bucks. (bux?). USD Value is $0.47.

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        Isn’t that just Truth Social stock?

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    If I lived in one of those states, is there anything to keep me from signing in, collecting the money, and vote Dems anyway?

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      nope you don’t have to do shit

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      Nothing except the realization that Elon isn’t going to cut anyone a check.

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        That’d be a contract violation and could be class actioned.

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          No, you can’t pay someone to vote a certain way.

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            Oh you definitely can’t - but Elon is offering compensation for a petition… if he fails to properly compensate petitioners he absolutely could be brought a class action or individual small claims for contract violation.

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              Oh I misunderstood what you meant, my mistake. Yep, you’re right.

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                No worries!

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    please don’t make up fake people and submit it.

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