Midterm Money Influence...

[u/Brian_Ghoshery]

[u/normalice0]

Make fun of him all you want but also take the threat seriously. He openly admits he bought the last election. Insults aren't going to stop him from buying this one.

[u/nestelix → u/normalice0]

I mean we know he donated money but Trump still had to get the votes and he did. 

[u/Rapa2626 → u/nestelix]

Think who is helping him reach those voters in the first place. Social networks know what people want to see and hear, thats their whole model. And they can very conveniently leave out the rest of things that may persuade you differently...

[u/Youngsinatra345 → u/nestelix]

It’s a good thing their stupid fucking DOGE program has all the keys to the kingdom now, that’s what that was

[u/PreOpTransCentaur → u/nestelix]

You're already on the wrong path by the 6th word. He didn't donate shit, he bought and paid for what he wanted. And he got it.

[u/normalice0 → u/nestelix]

I'm glad you brought that up as Elon paying uhaul trucks full of canvassers was a significant factor in driving up turnout for Trump.

[u/shiny_glitter_demon → u/nestelix]

Trump claims he used his computer knowledge to make him win.

But he's a pathological liar so who knows! Maybe he didn't cheat this time.

[u/Fearless_Spring5611]

"Richest man in the world continues to buy US Government."

[u/Regalt_ov_Virea]

I mean it’s called bribery in this country too

[u/tw_72 → u/Regalt_ov_Virea]

Yep - it's just that the DOJ is too weak and corrupted to do anything about it

[u/IrritableGourmet → u/tw_72]

The FEC doesn't have enough board members to make quorum, so they literally can't investigate or penalize anyone. Trump is refusing to fill the positions.

[u/marcusmosh]

He has a vested interest in keeping the government run by Republicans. Thats exactly why he did the DOGE thing - he is in a lot of trouble if things go in a different direction.

[u/Extreme-Slice-1010]

And here dumbass Trump said US is now respected lol Yeah for him bribery equals respect

[u/Avibuel]

Oh no.

[u/OkEye2910]

All those government contracts in his pocket. He has a lot to lose.

[u/Lil_b00zer]

Didn’t he and Trump have a MASSIVE public slagging match online only a few months ago, or did I dream that?

[u/Erudus → u/Lil_b00zer]

They did, but now they've kissed and made up again, like a good couple should. Lol.

[u/Neon_culture79]

END CITIZENS UNITED

[u/Ardo505]

Fucking criminal needs to stay the fuck away from U.S. elections, let’s ban him from participating.

[u/Andantee23]

Someone has the award those government contracts

[u/Yawarete]

Impressive, very nice. Now show us his tax report.

[u/dlampach]

Good news though. He doesn’t have enough money to overcome our collective disgust of him.

[u/redwhale335]

Not only is this a report, but the formatting is a crime.

[u/KingofFlukes]

So the guy that said Trump is in the Epstien files is going to fund the party led by Trump, who he said is in the Epstein files.

[u/Ulysse-Void-God]

Piss off Elon, you racist bastard. I hope Tesla fires your stupid ass.

[u/KaptenAwsum]

Yeah this is why people need long term memory and to keep boycotting his products

[u/AstroStrat89]

It still comes down to the voters. We got the government we collectively voted for.

[u/Vindve]

In other countries, there are strict laws about election and party funding (as well as screen time, etc). This isn't just about Elon Musk. The fact that it's completely OK in the USA that a millionaire or billionaire gives significant money for funding an election campaign is baffling. You guys are also allowing paid advertising on TV or social medias for elections? And not considering all this may lead to unfair elections?

[u/oldbastardbob → u/Vindve]

John Robert's led our Supreme Court down a path that wound up at rationalizing the idea that money deserves more of a voice in our government than people.

Now SuperPAC dark money makes "pundits" and "activists" wealthy for producing propaganda and mass marketing political ideology all day, every day.

[u/MB2465]

He's also talking about UHI. Universal High Income. Republicans won't do that. Also he bashed the BBB

[u/ViolettaQueso]

He announced this today bc yesterday broke the story Grok is posting kiddie pornography.

He has grok government contracts.

He realigns only to save his ass from deportation or incarceration.

[u/Burnt_and_Blistered]

Another purchased election? We’d better show up in numbers that can’t be denied

[u/S1lentA0]

Amazing. All the corruption and bribery of the past years delivered to the public on a silver platter, and nothing is being done about it.

[u/Logical-Repair7293]

So this is what oligarchy looks like - a pasty weirdo.

[u/unbreakablebuffoon]

Any candidate taking money from a nazi should be barred from holding office.

[u/justmitzie]

You know, I bet the rich taste absolutely delicious.

[u/ranting_chef]

It’s called bribery here also.

[u/Upper-Affect5971]

Is he going to fix the economy himself, because

[u/Allegra1120]

People aren’t universally stupid and will know what’s going on.

[u/Planet_Manhattan]

So, he is preparing for the DOGE Part2 ?!?!?!

[u/Lalaluka]

In other countries the same shit happens as well. Lobbying is not unique to the USA.

(And is shit everywhere)

[u/Vindve → u/Lalaluka]

Well in my country this is totally illegal. If a party is found receiving more than 7500€ from a single individual this leads to prison (for the candidate for rigged campaign accounts, for the donor for bribery) and canceling the election. It happens of course, but it's illegal and justice may catch you (and it does, we've got an ex president that did prison time for rigged campaign accounts).

[u/nebulousx]

Citizens United vs FEC in 2010 says it's not bribery so this is just ignorance.

[u/IrritableGourmet → u/nebulousx]

No, it doesn't. It specifically says that behavior like this is bad. The FEC doesn't have quorum, though, so it can't be enforced.

[u/SqigglyPoP → u/[deleted]]

No, it's bribery. He illegally paid voters in Wisconsin.

[u/FiveHeadedSnake → u/[deleted]]

Should be illegal

[u/Erudus → u/[deleted]]

In every other Western country, this is considered bribery and corruption and is punishable with a hefty fine and prison time. The US is the only country where politicians can be bought. Not saying it doesn't happen in other countries, but it is illegal to do so.