Elon Musk’s X Helping Trump Mightily In 2024 Race
scheduled from “tomorrow night through Monday.”
Last week, Reuters reported, citing a source, that Musk plans to ramp up his campaigning for Trump in Pennsylvania, which is viewed as a critical state for both Trump and his Democratic opponent, Harris, in the race for the White House.
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Musk’s contributions to America PAC elevate him to the ranks of Republican mega-donors, a group that also includes banking heir Timothy Mellon and casino billionaire Miriam Adelson. However, Reuters revealed earlier this month that Musk had been secretly funding a conservative political group for years, long before his public support for Trump.
America PAC aims to motivate Americans who support Trump but do not always vote to participate in this election cycle, employing a high-risk, labor-intensive strategy for the Trump campaign, noted Reuters. The group, which began its efforts later than other PACs in the election cycle, has faced challenges with hiring and its contractors. Since July, it has terminated two major contractors hired to canvass neighborhoods.
Additionally, it has struggled to recruit doorknockers in several battleground states, partly because many other canvassing groups had already staffed up by the time America PAC became operational, according to half a dozen sources briefed on the matter, as reported by Reuters.
According to the filings, the group had about $4 million in its funds left over by the end of September.
“Separate filings earlier on Tuesday showed that Miriam Adelson, the casino magnate, donated $95 million to another pro-Trump superPAC, Preserve America PAC, in the same period,” Reuters said.
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America PAC, which aims to mobilize voters in closely contested states that could determine the election outcome, spent approximately $72 million during the July-September period, according to disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission.
This amount surpasses that of any other pro-Trump superPAC focused on voter turnout. The Trump campaign heavily relies on outside groups for voter canvassing, meaning the superPAC founded by Musk—the world’s richest man—plays a significant role in the tightly contested election between Trump and Democrat nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Reuters noted further.
Musk, the CEO of electric car manufacturer Tesla, was the only donor to the group during that period.
