Elon Musk is giving away $1,000,000 everyday to a random person who signs petition
Elon Musk is giving away $1 million everyday to a random person who signs his petition.
The billionaire has been very vocal about his support of Donald Trump during the US presidential election.
The Tesla boss even attended one of Trump’s political rallies, appearing onstage with the Republican candidate.
It took place at the same spot of the former president’s assassination attempt in July, with the tech mogul jumping up and down with his fists in the air as he joined Trump on stage.
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Musk addressed the crowd, saying: “America is the home of the brave and the true test of someone’s character is how they behave under fire.
“We had one president who couldn’t climb a flight of stairs and another who was fist-pumping after getting shot! Fight, fight, fight!”
He added: “I’m being repetitive for a reason. Honestly you want to be a pest. Fight, fight, fight! Vote, vote, vote!”
Trump praised Musk for donating Starlink systems to victims impacted by Hurricane Helene before adding: “I didn’t know what the hell Starlink was.”
Now, Musk has gone one step further in his bid to get Trump re-elected, by offering out cash incentives to registered voters who sign a petition.
The petition is said to promote ‘free speech and the right to bear arms’ and the billionaire is offering people who sign it the chance to win $1 million.
Musk previously said that he would select one random person each day and award them with a million dollars.
And it looks like he’s sticking to his word, handing over the first check on Saturday, October 19, to a man in Pennsylvania.
Musk talked about the petition at a rally in the state, saying that he was aiming to get between one million and two million signatures ‘because I think this sends a crucial message to our elected politicians’.
On Sunday, Musk announced the second winner of the prize, a woman also from Pennsylvania.
The state is considered to be a ‘must-win’ for both the Democrat and Republican parties.
According to the Federal Election Commission, the SpaceX CEO has donated around $75 million in the last three months to a political action committee (PAC) that he set up in support of Trump’s presidential campaign.
The committee is called America PAC.
Musk recently joked that he could face prison time if Trump loses the presidential election in a new interview with Tucker Carlson.