{"id":1550,"date":"2024-10-21T10:15:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T04:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/prominent-democrat-floats-probe-into-musks-political-move\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T10:15:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T04:45:24","slug":"prominent-democrat-floats-probe-into-musks-political-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/prominent-democrat-floats-probe-into-musks-political-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent Democrat floats probe into Musk\u2019s political move"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has condemned the pro-Trump tech mogul\u2019s idea to give money to voters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has argued that police should investigate Elon Musk after the pro-Trump tech billionaire offered money to people who backed his petition in support of the US Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the CEO of X, SpaceX and Tesla announced that he would give $1 million each day to lucky registered swing state voters who signed his petition on defending <em>\u201cfree speech and the right to bear arms\u201d<\/em> guaranteed by the constitution. He gave the first check to a man named John Dreher during a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who is campaigning for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and has spoken at his events, said the giveaway would run until Election Day on November 5.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro, a former state attorney general and a prominent Democrat who was reportedly considered a potential running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris, called Musk\u2019s actions <em>\u201cdeeply concerning.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/605984-musk-award-million-daily-trump\/\">Musk pledges $1 million award daily to pro-Trump petition signatory<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think there are real questions with how he is spending money in this race, how the dark money is flowing, not just into Pennsylvania, but apparently now into the pockets of Pennsylvanians,\u201d<\/em> Shapiro told NBC\u2019s Meet the Press.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s something that law enforcement could take a look at,\u201d<\/em> the governor added.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMusk obviously has a right to be able to express his views,\u201d<\/em> Shapiro said. <em>\u201cI don\u2019t deny him that right. But when you start flowing this kind of money into politics, I think it raises serious questions that folks may want to take a look at.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The tech mogul began to openly support Trump after the former president narrowly survived an assassination attempt in July. In recent months, Musk donated $75 million to the pro-Trump America PAC.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/605814-musk-confirms-donation-trump\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n            <span>READ MORE: <\/span>Musk donates $75 million to Trump campaign<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>With tight polls and just over weeks of campaigning left, Harris and Trump are currently battling to win the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Nevada, which would be crucial to securing victory on election night.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk offering money to voters is \u201cdeeply concerning,\u201d Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said Read Full Article at RT.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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