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Elon Musk revealed as one of the largest donors for a House Republican PAC

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Re: Elon Musk revealed as one of the largest donors for a House Republican PAC

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Post by Ancalagon »

Well this certainly is an interesting piece. I really dont know what to believe, especially considering I dont really know if I trust the source (salon.com? Never heard of em). I cant really say Im a huge Musk fan, considering I agree that the whole cave stunt was likely nothing more than a PR campaign for him, but this seems quite silly for him to do, if true.

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Post by erric »

Ancalagon wrote: post #2

Well this certainly is an interesting piece. I really dont know what to believe, especially considering I dont really know if I trust the source (salon.com? Never heard of em). I cant really say Im a huge Musk fan, considering I agree that the whole cave stunt was likely nothing more than a PR campaign for him, but this seems quite silly for him to do, if true.

Not defending him, but I would imagine people in his position play and pay to both parties.

Re: Elon Musk revealed as one of the largest donors for a House Republican PAC

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Post by eesmith »

Ancalagon wrote: post #2

Well this certainly is an interesting piece. I really dont know what to believe, especially considering I dont really know if I trust the source (salon.com? Never heard of em). I cant really say Im a huge Musk fan, considering I agree that the whole cave stunt was likely nothing more than a PR campaign for him, but this seems quite silly for him to do, if true.

I don't understand your concern about Salon.com. It's a synthesis from several different sources, and it provides links to the sources.

The donation information comes from ProPublica. Musk's $33,900 donation is at https://projects.propublica.org/itemizer/filing/1246378/sche... .

That in turn links to the primary information at http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00669622/1246378/sa/A... , where you can see an entry for 33900.00. (The aggregate donation is 38900.00.)

Why did you need to trust Salon.com when the official information is so readily available for verification?

Or is there something else from the piece that you are hesitant about?

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Post by tenpies »

Ancalagon wrote: post #2

Well this certainly is an interesting piece. I really dont know what to believe, especially considering I dont really know if I trust the source (salon.com? Never heard of em). I cant really say Im a huge Musk fan, considering I agree that the whole cave stunt was likely nothing more than a PR campaign for him, but this seems quite silly for him to do, if true.

Salon has been around for a while and they're not quite what you would call "fake news", but they are very Left leaning and "progressive". They also tend to focus a lot more opinion and analysis, so while the facts are probably correct, the context is entirely speculative and about as biased as you can get from the that end of the spectrum.

Re: Elon Musk revealed as one of the largest donors for a House Republican PAC

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Post by maxerickson »

iamcreasy wrote: post #6

"Reports that I am a top donor to GOP are categorically false. I am not a top donor to any political party." - Elon Musk on Twitter Source: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1018330925384458240

Is there a tweet where he denies giving money to this particular PAC?

I imagine $35,000 puts you on a fairly short list.

Re: Elon Musk revealed as one of the largest donors for a House Republican PAC

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Post by stuaxo »

erric wrote: post #3
Ancalagon wrote: post #2

Well this certainly is an interesting piece. I really dont know what to believe, especially considering I dont really know if I trust the source (salon.com? Never heard of em). I cant really say Im a huge Musk fan, considering I agree that the whole cave stunt was likely nothing more than a PR campaign for him, but this seems quite silly for him to do, if true.

Not defending him, but I would imagine people in his position play and pay to both parties.

I think it came out his payments are about 2 to 1 in favour of the R side.

Re: Elon Musk revealed as one of the largest donors for a House Republican PAC

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Post by DanAndersen »

Ancalagon wrote: post #2

Well this certainly is an interesting piece. I really dont know what to believe, especially considering I dont really know if I trust the source (salon.com? Never heard of em). I cant really say Im a huge Musk fan, considering I agree that the whole cave stunt was likely nothing more than a PR campaign for him, but this seems quite silly for him to do, if true.

Why would it be quite silly for him to do? CEOs donate to political parties and PACs all the time.
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