Tom Cotton Wrongly Claims DOJ Selectively Going after Musk, Wrongly Claiming that RuPaul Contest and Michele Obama Sweepstakes Violate the Same Federal Law Against Vote Buying (They Don’t)

Senator Tom Cotton claims DOJ is engaged in targeting those on the right by going after Elon Musk’s PAC for vote buying with his contest that requires voter registation. He argues that RuPaul and Michele Obama both are running contests that would violate the same law. But he’s wrong. Both of these contests explicitly state that voter registration is not required.

From RuPaul contest:

From the Obama sweepstakes, now finished:

Here’s Cotton’s letter (via Alex Thomas):

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