"Donald Trump is in trouble, that's why he's trying to buy votes in PA. And he's too broke to do it himself, he needs a sugar daddy to pay the bill for him. Sad!"
So now he's just trying to buy his way into a government position of some sort out in the open. I expect this to become more common. We need stronger safeguards against this.
Something I learned later in life is that rust has nothing to do with tetanus. Tetanus occurs naturally in soil, so if you have your foot penetrated by an old nail on the ground you should make sure you're up to date on tetanus shot. The nail would likely be rusty, which is where the rust = tetanus myth comes from.
What even is the petition? Surprisingly, I could find no link the article. The closest description in the article is a quote from Musk saying "By signing below, I am pledging my support for the First and Second Amendments." Which sounds fine at face value. Though, the government should be uphding all Amendments so it's weird in comparison.
Any petition you have to pay people to sign isn't worth the paper it's written on. There's no reason to think the people signing actually care about it when they could just want the money.
I just assume at this point that Trump has promised him if he gets elected he'll get to call himself a founding father and get to sign all the remaining copies of the Declaration of Independence
I'd sign his inane and meaningless petition for $1 million. It's not even really a petition. It just says "The First and Second Amendments guarantee freedom of speech and the right to bear arms. By signing below, I am pledging my support for the First and Second Amendments." Yeah dude, I know. I can read. Unfortunately I don't live in a battleground state. Fortunately I live in a blue state. Unfortunately I now live close enough to the border that I get political ads for a state I don't even fucking live in.
A pledge in lieu of money is nothing but a shit load of non-democratic ways to get someone's vote... This happening in such a blunt fashion in complete view of the general public merely makes Trump much more suspectable to many more improvised ways in his weird sly tactic to make millions without hesitation in case he wins... ElMo will in the most unapologetic way fulfill the cheques by mentioning that once Hyper loop is in full force the bucks will be available for check out
That's the Elmo Way ---
Unveil an idea with a grandeur.
Sway the public.
And then reason out the actual idea of the plan which generally is nothing but self centered moronic ways to obese his portfolio
You know what would be great? If Dems signed up for this, got their $1 mil, and then they voted blue anyways. In some battleground states, like Georgia, it's illegal to take a selfie or otherwise share proof of how you voted as per https://www.vox.com/21523858/ballot-selfies-state-rules so Musk and his PAC would never find out.