Wisconsin
Elon Musk distributes millions of checks – election gifts that are not allowed to be called that
Shortly before the judge election in Wisconsin, Elon Musk delights two citizens with checks over one million dollars. The billionaire creates a mood for the conservative candidate.
Elon Musk is generous: At an event in the US state of Wisconsin, the billionaire distributed two checks of one million dollars each (equivalent to 924,000 euros). Everything that the two winners – a man and a woman – had to do was to sign a petition against “activist judges” in the state and thus support the political agenda of Musk.
In Wisconsin on April 1, the citizens decide on the occupation of a judge’s chair at the state’s Supreme Court. A choice of enormous importance: This decides whether liberal or conservative judges will make the majority in the future. This in turn should have a major impact on judgments on topics such as abortion or electoral laws. Wisconsin is considered swing stateso is not clearly assigned to the Republicans or Democrats politically.
Elon Musk supports conservative candidates in Wisconsin
Elon Musk has been making campaign for conservative candidate Brad Schimel for weeks. Through his lobby group “America Pac”, he supports its campaign with around $ 20 million. And he tries to influence the population with money gifts. In addition to the two million checks, Musk paid everyone $ 100 who signed his petition.
The decision between Schimel and his liberal opponent Susan Crawford is “important for the future of civilization”, Musk said when the checks were handed over. The Democratic Attorney General of Wisconsin had tried to prevent the money gifts, he saw bribery in it. The Democrats spoke of an “illegal purchase program”. Courts rejected the opposition’s attempts to legally prevent the check handover – the decision was made just a few minutes before the event started with around 2,000 visitors in Green Bay.
A terribly complicated family
Maye Musk
Maye Musk is the mother of Elon Musk and his siblings. She was born in Canada in 1948. In 1952, their parents Johsua and Wyn Haldeman emigrated to South Africa with them. There she started her model career and met the engineer Errol Musk. Elon is the oldest of her three children. After the divorce, she and her children returned to Canada, where Maye continued to work as a model
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Musk and his team officially argue that they wanted to “create a base movement against activist judges” and do not make election advertising for a specific candidate. It is just about getting attention. US President Donald Trump also supports the conservative candidate Schimel. The election campaign in Wisconsin is “really big and important” and could “have a lot to do with the future of our country,” said Trump. The judge’s election in the state in the north of the United States is also the mood test for Trump himself.
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