Elon Musk was behind mysterious pro-Trump super PAC that invoked Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Source: Politico
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Elon Musk was behind mysterious pro-Trump super PAC that invoked Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The world's richest man was likely the single largest individual political donor of the 2024 election.
Elon Musk speaks during a rally for Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York, on Oct. 27. Angelina Katsanis/POLITICO
By JESSICA PIPER
12/05/2024 08:42 PM EST
Elon Musk was the sole funder of a super PAC formed in the final weeks of the election that spent millions on ads claiming Donald Trump's position on abortion was aligned with that of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The $20.5 million that Musk put into that group, RBG PAC, accounted for just a small fraction of his total political spending this year, which included $238 million to a super PAC he started and millions more to other GOP groups. ... In total, the richest person in the world plowed more than $260 million into the 2024 election, making him likely the single largest individual political donor of the cycle.
Musk's involvement with his group, America PAC, was well-known, with the tech CEO appearing at events in swing states, posting about the super PAC on X and conducting very public sweepstakes. But RBG PAC -- and Musk's involvement in it -- was more secretive. He poured $20.5 million into the group on Oct. 24, which was not revealed until it filed a campaign finance report with the Federal Election Commission late Thursday. The timing of the donation meant that Musk's support did not have to be disclosed until after the election, and neither he nor the group publicly touted his backing.
RBG PAC spent nearly all of its money on advertising. Its ads claimed that Ginsburg -- the liberal longtime justice and staunch women's rights advocate who died in 2020 -- was of "one mind" with Trump on the issue of abortion. Its website featured photos of Trump and Ginsburg with the caption "great minds think alike."
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The RBG PAC made several appearances at DU back in October. I'm on a phone, so I can't link to them.
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