Elon Musk’s Unsupported Claims That Protesters Against Tesla are Paid Give Insight into Musk’s Own Mindset to Use Money, Sometimes Illegally, to Try to Influence Political Outcomes and Political Actors

Elon Musk has made a completely unsupported claim that protests against him and Tesla for his work trying to dismantle and hobble much of the U.S. government through DOGE are being “paid” for by those who like fraud and abuse in government:

“The actual reason is because those receiving the waste and fraud wish to continue receiving it; that is the real thing that’s going on here, obviously,” Musk told analysts during an earnings call on Tuesday. “The protests that you’ll see out there, they’re very organized. They’re paid for that.”

Musk previously accused wealthy Democratic political opponents of funding protestors.

While Musk has produced absolutely no evidence to support his claim that protesters are being paid, it does give insight into how Musk views politics. Remember, this is the guy who not only put in nearly $300 million into an attempt to influence the outcome of the 2020 election, and $20 million to influence a Wisconsin state supreme court race, he is also using questionably legal or flat illegal lotteries and other financial incentives to motivate people to vote. (This at the same time he’s pushing false voter fraud narratives via DOGE.)

Makes me wonder about this election for Musk to create his own town in Texas, highlighted in today’s NY Times.

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