Elon Musk's PAC spent an estimated $200 million to help elect Trump, AP source says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk’s super PAC spent around $200 million to help elect Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the group’s spending, funding an effort that set a new standard for how billionaires can influence elections.

The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO provided the vast majority of the money to America PAC, which focused on low-propensity and first-time voters, according to the person, who was not authorized to disclose the figure publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

America PAC’s work was aided by a March ruling from the Federal Election Commission that paved the way for super PACs to coordinate their canvassing efforts with campaigns, allowing the Trump campaign to rely on the near-unlimited money of the nation’s most high-profile billionaire to boost turnout in deep-red parts of the country. That allowed the campaign to spend the money they saved on everything from national ad campaigns to targeted outreach toward demographics Democrats once dominated.

The plan worked for both sides. Trump saw key turnout surges in battleground states, and at the end of the campaign the president-elect credited Musk’s role in the race. “We have a new star,” Trump said at his election night party in Florida. “A star is born — Elon!”

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-america-pac-trump-d248547966bf9c6daf6f5d332bc4be66

[Klarkashton]

1. And it was all for the good of the country right?

What an utterly corrupted shit place this has become.

[tanyev]

6. Yep, without any expectation of benefit for his companies or himself.

[jeffreyi]

2. All the feedbacks necessary

To nourish a corrupt, awful system. The logical conclusion is...not very pretty. We little people are being wiped out, as far as having a say in anything. Effing tsunami. Well at least the climate catastophe doesn't care how much money anybody has.

[Autumn]

3. He will get a return of 10X more than that piddly little investment.

[MrWowWow]

5. Didn't eLoon Provide Starlink Data "Relay" Service for Vote Totals?

Wonder why that was allowed at all! Never needed it before. And why did some of those satellites then deorbit and get destroyed? Who paid for all of that? Must be a document or contract signed for "data relay" services. Who will eLoon be invoicing for that?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Where did you hear this?

Most state and local governments have their own networks. At least the State of Washington does.