Jesus titty-fucking Christ. If someone like George Soros were paying people to vote for Harris, right-wingers would be losing their collective shit and flinging it at the moon.
The double standard is amazing.
They don’t care about truth, or consistency. They care about power. Specifically, the power of their in-group.
Conservatism has been aptly summarized as “There must be in-groups for the law to protect but not bind, and out-groups for the law to bind but not protect.” That’s pretty much the whole thing. Conservatives are, in a kind of fundamental way, bad people. They value the in-group far too much.
…which, at this point, makes it completely predictable.
I thought I remembered Michael Moore buying ramen and stuff to get students out to vote and he got in trouble for that. https://www.acslaw.org/?post_type=acsblog&p=1035
Turns out it was overturned or ignored, but didn’t stop republicans from whining.
Well yeah, but this a white guy doing it-- so you know…it just CAN’T be wrong!
Cards Against Humanity is doing this btw.
I really liked this line:
But it’s also possible that Musk is simply doing the rich guy thing—and the classic rich tech guy thing—of walking into a new situation and assuming all of his ideas are important.
What a chud.
You can tell capitalists are getting desperate when they start offering
brides… bribes … to voters during an electionEDIT: beautiful how a simple typo can grab people’s attention so much
Is that an unfortunate typo? Or are they also offering brides alongside monetary bribes?
Trump is about due for a new one.
Nah, he found someone as morally bankrupt as him and they’re as happy as two peas in a pod.
His previous wives were no peaches.
No, he found a foreign handler willing to do what was necessary for a pretty sweet life in the US.
Agree on the first part but they don’t seem happy at all.
Really? Nothing Donnie has done has caused her to leave or loudly object.
She’s an adult - my assumption is that she’s absolutely fine with all the shit he’s doing. She’s had plenty of chances to walk away.
Tell me more about the brides. Asking for a friend.
They are Russian.
That’s ok but are they sturdy?
Go on….
They have Chlamydia.
Do I get my choice of toppings?
Napalm
Correction:
You can tell capitalists are getting desperate when they start offering brides to voters during an erection
*Erection:
You can tell capitalists are getting desperate when they start offering brides to voters during an erectionYes, that’s what I said. Thank you.
I’m going to slap the next person who tells me racism is over and everyone is treated equal.
How the hell is this even LEGAL? This is the state of our country? Really? Blatant bribing? Corruption? And it’s STILL a close race?
the fucker is basically telling how he is going to cause horrible damage to americas economy yet those people still want to vote him. I wonder if they just want to destroy their country so awful people can remake it into something terrible. If they succeed, soviets will win in the end, as didnt they blatantly gloat at some point how they will destroy america from within? This whole thing has been fueled by russia from the beginning after all.
Racism is over and everyone is treated equal.
Not you, only because you probably would enjoy it.
Seems racist…
No water or other assistance for voters in contested areas.
Here’s $100 to say you like trump.
Man, this is a fucked up place.
No, say you like trump, sign this and that, …
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then maybe, I mean who knows right? Maybe get paid. Donald always pays his debts so why shouldn’t his helper do it too?
Right?
the guy who famously never pays his vendors or his rent until he gets evicted is promising to send money?
wow sign me up…I don’t know but I think that any minimally civilized country would be a crime… just saying
PS: I forgot that the US isn’t a civilized country and they live under a plutocracy of Capital
Jesus fucking Christ literally billionaires buying elections… Will they riot? Of course not because they win with this. If Mark Cuban offered the same thing for Harris there would be blood in the streets and Fox news would be calling for his head after Trumps coronation…
The real question is… why aren’t we rioting about it?
can we sign up, take his money, and vote Harris?
if a million people do this it adds up fast
The petition is saying you support free speech, the second amendment, and the Constitution. You can certainly support all of those and vote for Harris.
To all those wondering how this is legal: nowhere does it ask people to vote for Trump. The petition asks people to pledge their support for the Constitution, free speech, and the 2nd Amendment. Signing it does not indicate you are voting for Trump. But I could absolutely see the signatures being used for propaganda.
Shit sign me up! If Trump wins I get 100 dollars if he loses I get 100 dollars.
Wait is it really illegal for a billionaire to pay voters $100 from their own pocket for voters to sign a pledge? Even if the pledge was titled “so Trump wins”
Not sure if it is explicitly illegal but there would absolutely be lawsuits with good reason. Imagine a district where 51% of the people sign a pledge to vote for a candidate but the candidate only gets 47% of the vote and losses the election. The candidate with the pledged voters would scream voter fraud and their backers would likely get violent. Considering we had that happen with almost zero voter fraud in 2020, it would not be an unlikely scenario.
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I’m not the one who said doing what is in the article was illegal. I’m the one saying that it is not illegal. Sorry that I have not memorized the entirety of voting law. If you want a legal opinion, go search a fucking law blog. Law is generally not black and white which is why there are legal opinions on every law but if you want the one referenced, it is 52 U.S. Code § 10307 section C:
© False information in registering or voting; penalties
Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address or period of residence in the voting district for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
So very likely yes, if Musk was paying people to pledge to vote for Trump, it would be illegal and would be punished by up to five years in prison. Paying people to pledge support for free speech, the 2nd Amendment, and the Constitution would not be.
Happy?
$100 ehh, I guess cards against humanity did get to him :D
Yo go get the money but then still vote Harris. What’s he gonna do lol?
Get the money, donate to the Harris campaign.
I think this can be used as “evidence” that more people voted for trump than Harris.
For example, elon says that he paid 1000 people for this in a certain district but the vote tallies show that only 500 votes for trump in that area. It would add to the magats incorrect belief that they were cheated. Then the magats would want to start a civil war over it.
I hope I’m wrong.
This isn’t payments for votes though
I didn’t say he was. Did you mean to reply to me?
and this is lawful? actually legal? What the hell is USA??
It’s legal because they’re paying for registrations not votes, you can’t see who someone voted for just that they voted and if they registered as a party member or independent.
It’s actually explicitly illegal to pay to get people to register to vote.
You’re right I’ll withdraw that, the law states to vote, withhold vote, vote for a candidate, or vote against a candidate
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597
Because the musk giveaway requires registration to be eligible makes it illegal, compared to the cards against humanity PAC as they are not saying they are only paying after confirming a registration or vote. Cah wants 3 things none of those are a check on registration or voting.
Rome 2.0
Isn’t that fucking illegal?
If it were for actual votes, yes. But this is money for signing that a petition a PAC Musk runs has created.
