Co-President Elon Musk is handing out gobs of cash to Wisconsinites as part of his naked effort to buy a seat on the state Supreme Court in
Emily Singer at Daily Kos:
Co-President Elon Musk is handing out gobs of cash to Wisconsinites as part of his naked effort to buy a seat on the state Supreme Court in order to get favorable rulings for his right-wing beliefs and his flailing car company. Musk's super PAC is offering $100 to every voter who signs a BS petition that declares their "opposition to activist judges," and enters them for a chance to win a bigger $1 million prize. The gambit is similar to the scheme he ran during the 2024 campaign to help his buddy Donald Trump, in which he held $1 million sweepstakes to registered voters in swing states, which the Justice Department told him was likely illegal. Musk on Wednesday announced the first $1 million prize winner in a misspelled post on his disinformation site X. “Exciting to announce our first million dollar award for supporting our petition against activist judges in Wisconsin!” Musk wrote. “Next million dollar award will be announced in 2 days.” Musk has now spent $17 million on the April 1 race between liberal nominee Susan Crawford and conservative candidate Brad Schimel in an effort to buy a seat on the state Supreme Court and flip control from liberal to conservative. Flipping the ideological balance of the court would allow Republicans in Wisconsin to do everything from ban abortion to restrict voting rights.
Musk also wants a favorable court in order to help his struggling Tesla car company win a lawsuit challenging a Wisconsin law that prohibits Tesla from selling cars directly to consumers. Current Wisconsin law requires that cars are sold through franchisees. But Musk's meddling in the race could actually hurt Republicans more than help. Musk is currently deeply unpopular with the Wisconsin electorate. A Marquette University Law School poll from earlier in March found just 41% of Wisconsinites had a favorable opinion of Musk, with another 53% saying that Musk is “disrupting programs required by law.”
Co-President Elon Musk hands out bribes to try to flip the Wisconsin Supreme Court back to the GOP.
