Elon Musk conducts tens of millions of dollars to block free and fair elections in Battleground.
Elon Musk during the Town Hall at the Green -Bey Center, Wisconsin, Sunday, March 30, 2025.
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Elon Musk entered Wisconsin on Sunday, put on polyurethane cheese and told voters that the fate of the world was relying on the Supreme Court’s election today.
Why? Because, the richest man in the world claims the race in which he is Spending tens of millions Dollars, to choose a guerrilla ally in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, is not really about the problems that were widely discussed by candidates and voters – abortion rights, labor rights, voting rights. Rather, he says, it’s all about Congress control.
“What is happening on Tuesday is a vote for which the party controls the US House – so it is so important,” – a billionaire speak. “And whatever the party largely controls the ward, controls the country that then rules the course of Western civilization. I feel that it is one of those things that may not seem that it will affect the whole fate of humanity, but I think it will be.”
Even the hottest Visconsine amplifiers can be skeptical that this election can affect the fate of this species. But Musk claims that if the progressives support more than 4-3 majority in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, they can solve the radical germantant of the Congress district cards, which now prefers Republicans. If they make a fair system, another Democrat, perhaps two, can be chosen. If you choose more Wisconsin Democrats, it can facilitate the party to support the house in 2026. And presto – civilization, as we know, is over.
It’s a lot “can” and “possible”. And 435 seats from 50 states will be filled in intermediate elections. Not only two in Wisconsin.
But Elon Musk has an active imagination. Thus, the billionaire went to the former Prosecutor General Brad Shimel, the right unwavering, who is not going to overcome the Pro-Gop cards, above Judge Susan Krouford, supported by the supporters of the rights and fair elections.
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“Most of the House handed out checks by 1 million dollars Supporters of his campaign against the “activists” of the judges. “And if the Supreme Court (Wisconsin) will be able to remodel the counties, they will force the districts and deprive Visconsin from two places on the republican side. Then they will try to stop all state reforms we make for you.”
This is an amazing reading of Wisconsin’s South African billionaire policy, who knows so little about the state election that he told his followers of social media “Vote Republican“In a non -partisan race, which does not mention the Republican Party – and, on this matter, the Democratic Party is on the state newsletter on April 1.
This, of course, in the field of the possibility that the lawsuit that disputes the current Congress maps may come to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. But despite the fact that Musk claims, Wisconsinites, who would be plaintiffs on such a lawsuit, do not ask the court create Card gerrymandered. They ask the court to help them Get rid of Card gerrymandered.
In other words, they ask the court to help them realize the full promise of representative democracy.
Wisconsin is a closely divided state politically. Five of the last seven presidential elections have been resolved Less than 30,000 votes. The state has a conservative republican senator (Ron Johnson) and a progressive democratic senator (Tami Baldwin). If Wisconsin has some slope, then the Democrats who have won five of the seven presidential competitions since 2000, four of the last six regular governorship elections (including the last two competitions) and are currently holding most state offices. However, the octopted delegation of the house includes six Republicans and only two Democrats. As a US representative Mark Pakan (D-Wi) speak“Wisconsin is a purple state, but our current Congress County maps do not reflect.”
Why is the state, which is regularly divided almost evenly in the vote for the presidency, provides a batch of 75 percent of the US, which most often has lost competitions across the country? The answer is that former Republican governor Scott Walker and his Republican allies were shamelessly subjected to home in 2011 to prefer GOP candidates. The district lines changed only minimally after the 2020 census, although the Democrats’ governor won and replaced Walker in 2018. This democratic governor Tony Evers was forced to work with a legislative body controlled by a republican who was not open to a process that would create fair maps.
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Were the next Supreme Court, which ruled against Congress maps in Wisconsin, legal experts and political observers argue that it can force the legislature to cooperate with the governor –As it happened When the court considered the legislative cards in 2023. After the fair lines, the legislative body was adopted and the governor was approved by the governor, Democrats seized 10 places of the State Assembly and four state Senate In 2024, the Democrats did not win because the new cards were beneficial. Most likely, the Democrats gained capable candidates, faced important issues and won competitive races.
Musk is right for one thing: Republicans have virtually no mistakes when it comes to preserving the US House. Currently, they control the camera with a stock of 218-213. This is such a close split that the NEI -Yarka Stefanic representative was recently abolished to serve as the next United Nations ambassador to help GOP maintain its advantage. (A couple of special elections for home places in the United States, which will take place on Tuesday, closely observe that democratic victories in historically republican districts can even weaken the speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson and his guerrilla allies. A very strong race.
Despite what Musk says, there is no guarantee that the redirected district maps of the Wisconsin House to create a congressional delegation, which is a clear reflection of the guerrilla division of the state. New maps can create the perfect 4-4 split, 5-3 splits that prefer Republicans, or 5-3 benefits for Democrats. Republicans can even find themselves with a majority of 6-2 in the mega-wave year. True democracy is unpredictable. But it is unlikely that fair cards will give 75 percent of Wisconsin’s seats each time. Instead, recycled maps can lead to much greater competition in the Wisconsin Congress races – for leaders and applicants on both sides of the political passage.
At least fair maps would refer to a biased Wisconsin map that Project Gerrymandering PrincetonThe initiative, which is considering district lines across the country, gave “F” as guerrilla justice. Analysis of the Gerrymandering project showed that the cards are recorded in “significant republican preference”. So, why would Wisconsinites want to eliminate prejudice and draw fair maps that would allow Republicans and Democrats to compete on the quality of their candidates and their ideas-differences from the built-in geographical preferences?
Musk does not see this. He wants to maintain competition. Thus, the billionaire poured more than $ 20 million, seeking to put a guerrilla Republican in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. If Shimel wins, the court will have a 4-3 right majority, and the current maps of the US District House will almost confidently remain in place. It is a great Muscovy that fears that fair cards can make Congress more likely to reflect the will of people – and thus release their agenda.
In order to get through, Musk is not just trying to purchase elections. He effectively says Wisconsinitis that they should choose the future, not a representative democracy.
