Elon Musk promised to give away $1 million each day until November’s election to someone who signs his online petition, with the first prize awarded at a PAC event supporting Donald Trump, raising questions about the legality of the payments https://t.co/Woq4LiRuc1 pic.twitter.com/K0agAWLSGa
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2024
Hey, yeah – turn it into a lottery system.
Elon Musk said on Saturday that America Pac, the Donald Trump-allied political action committee he founded, will give $1m every day until the presidential election to someone who signs his petition that appears to be a way to incentivize Republicans in battleground states to register to vote.
“We are going to be awarding $1m randomly to people who have signed the petition,” Musk said at a town hall event in Pennsylvania. “One of the challenges we’re having is how do we get the public to know about this petition because the legacy media won’t report on it.”
“I figured, so how do we get people to know about it? I think this news will really fly. So every day between now and the election we will be awarding $1m, starting tonight,” Musk said, before presenting an oversized lottery-style check to the first winner of the prize draw.
The petition asks people to pledge their support for the first and second amendments, but the small print says that to be eligible for any of the monetary awards, signers need to be registered voters in the key battleground states.
In doing so, the petition appears to be designed to principally push Trump voters to register to vote in the presidential election so that they can be in the running for the $1m prize. Signing the petition is also now a prerequisite to attend Musk’s town hall events.
Anglin still banned from Twitter, by the way.
These two Pennsylvania residents received $1 million each from Elon Musk for signing a petition in support of the First and Second Amendments! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/eef2a8C9ht
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) October 20, 2024