2024 US Election, Most Important In Our Lifetime - Elon Musk
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#Politics #election #Elon #Musk #news #US ©October 21st, 2024 ®October 22, 2024 9:28 am Elon Musk, South Africa born Forbes certified World Richest man, who is a citizen of United States, US by registration is no doubt one of the major centres of discussion in the forthcoming USA presidential election which during the weekend, he reiterated his pledge of daily giveaway of $1 million to randomly selected voters who sign a petition to support the constitution launched by his pro-Donald Trump America Political Action Committee, PAC. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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#Politics #election #Elon #Musk #news #US ©October 21st, 2024 ®October 22, 2024 9:28 am Elon Musk, South Africa born Forbes certified World Richest man, who is a citizen of United States, US by registration is no doubt one of the major centres of discussion in the forthcoming USA presidential election which during the weekend, he reiterated his pledge of daily giveaway of $1 million to randomly selected voters who sign a petition to support the constitution launched by his pro-Donald Trump America Political Action Committee, PAC. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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00:00Elon Musk, South Africa-born fourth-certified world-richest man, who is a citizen of United
00:07States, U.S. by registration is no doubt one of the major centers of discussion in the
00:13forthcoming USA presidential election which during the weekend, he reiterated his pledge
00:18of daily giveaway of $1 million to randomly selected voters who sign a petition to support
00:24the constitution launched by his pro-Donald Trump America Political Action Committee
00:29PAC.
00:30The 53-year-old native of Pretoria in South Africa who relocated to Canada in the North
00:36America continent in 1988 before becoming USA citizen in 2002, said and reiterated on
00:44Monday in a tweet on his ex-social media platform that the forthcoming presidential election
00:49in the U.S. is the most important election in our lifetime.
00:54During the weekend at Pennsylvania, Elon Musk who obtained both Bachelor of Arts and
00:59Science degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, said he hates politics.
01:04He is not a politician, he is a technologist but he is sorry that he needed to take a stand
01:09in this year 2024 U.S. presidential election.
01:14He stated and in quote, we have an issue of apathy.
01:18Some people think their vote doesn't count and for whatever reason they have not registered
01:23to vote.
01:24It's important to get out there and explain the importance of this election and how democracy
01:30is on the line.
01:32This is the most important election in your lifetime.
01:36If there's any election where you ever vote, it should be this one.
01:40I hate politics.
01:42I don't want to be in politics.
01:44I am a technologist.
01:46I build rockets and cars.
01:48I derive joy from seeing people enjoy the products that my companies make.
01:54But the stakes are so high that I had no choice but to take a stand.
01:59Elon Musk had in an interview with Jordan Peterson in July 2024, said America needs
02:05a strong leader, referring to Donald Trump.
02:09America needs a strong leader when you have the perception of strength.
02:14You have to admire that Trump, after getting shot, with blood streaming down his face,
02:20it could have been a second shooter, who knows, nonetheless, with fist pumping, fight, fight,
02:28after being shot, I mean, he's brave, he has courage.
02:34This is instinctual courage.
02:36It's not calculated.
02:37It's not some arranged event.
02:40You see true courage in the moment, and you want a leader who's going to deal with some
02:45very, very tough cookies out there, who's going to deal with a Putin or Kim Jong-un
02:51or China.
02:52They will think twice about messing with Trump.
02:55They'll think twice.
02:57I think they will be intimidated by a guy who was fist pumping after getting shot.
03:02Meanwhile, Elon Musk came under scrutiny after he had pledged to award $1 million every day
03:08until Election Day in the United States on November 5th to randomly selected registered
03:14voters who signed a petition to support the constitution launched by his pro-Donald Trump
03:19America Political Action Committee, PAC.
03:23Musk announced the giveaway on Saturday at an America PAC-hosted rally in Harrisburg,
03:28Pennsylvania.
03:29Many are seeing monetary action of Elon Musk during the election processes as a calculated
03:35attempt to use monetary influence to win voters' support for Donald Trump just as legal experts
03:40are scrutinizing the scheme as well as Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor, Josh Shapiro, who on
03:46Sunday asked law enforcement agents to launch an investigation into potential election interference
03:52with Elon Musk's daily giveaway program.
03:55Tesla CEO and ex-owner Elon Musk, who supports Donald Trump, appears on stage during an America
04:03PAC town hall in Folsom, Pennsylvania, on October 17, 2024 explaining his stand in this
04:10year's U.S. election, reiterating that from October 17 to November 5, he will give $1
04:16million to a randomly selected winner each day if he or she is a registered voter.
04:22He or she is from one of the following swing states, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona,
04:30Michigan, Wisconsin, or North Carolina.
04:34He or she has signed an online petition created by America PAC.
04:39Musk is the founder and the CEO of the electric car company Tesla and rocket producer SpaceX
04:45and owns the social media network X.
04:48He has a net worth of $274.4 billion, according to Forbes' real-time billionaires listing.
04:57According to Al Jazeera, Musk has repeatedly called the petition one that upholds the U.S.
05:03Constitution.
05:04More precisely, the petition on a webpage belonging to the America PAC website says,
05:11the First and Second Amendments guarantee freedom of speech and the right to bear arms.
05:17By signing below, I am pledging my support for the First and Second Amendments.
05:23The webpage states, earn 1 million inches in big, bold letters, flanked by two moneybag
05:29emojis.
05:30Individuals who sign are supposed to enter their first name, last name, email address
05:37and cell phone number.
05:39Next to the cell phone number filled in the form, a note says the number is required only
05:44to confirm that the petition signing is a legitimate voter and no other purpose.
05:51Our goal is to get one million registered voters in swing states to sign in support
05:55of the Constitution, the website added.
05:59On Friday, the day before the giveaway announcement, the Reuters News Agency reported that Alizea
06:05McMillan, who canvassed for America PAC in Wisconsin, said field organizers had reported
06:11they were missing their daily goals in terms of enlisting voters and were expecting to
06:16fall short of their ultimate goal of contacting 450,000 voters by Election Day.
06:23In Pennsylvania, each registered voter who signs the petition will automatically receive
06:28$100 as compensation, and an additional $100 is paid for each person who signs upon their
06:36referral.
06:37In other swing states, individuals will get $47 per successful referral.
06:43The day the petition was created and the number of signatures amassed so far were
06:48not visible on the America PAC webpage.
06:52PACs raise and spend money to advocate for or against a candidate in an election.
06:58Musk formed America PAC in May to support former President Trump's election bid this
07:02year.
07:04On October 16, it was reported that Musk had poured $75 million over three months into
07:11America PAC, Al Jazeera stated.
07:14For years, according to close watchers, Elon Musk has always voted for Democratic Party
07:20candidates in previously held U.S. elections.