Elon Musk Emerges as Top Political Donor with $277M GOP Support
TL;DR Summary
Elon Musk spent at least $277 million supporting Donald Trump and the GOP during the 2024 election cycle, making him the largest donor. Most of his contributions went to America PAC, which focused on canvassing and digital ads, and included controversial voter giveaways. Musk also funded a PAC comparing Trump's abortion stance to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's, drawing criticism from Ginsburg's family. Additional donations were made to other GOP groups and super PACs, with some funds potentially going to undisclosed "dark money" groups.
- Elon Musk spent at least $277 million backing Trump and the GOP. Here's where all that money went. Business Insider
- Tech poured $394.1m into US election as Musk and crypto giving boomed The Guardian US
- Elon Musk spent a quarter-billion dollars electing Trump, including financing mysterious 'RBG PAC' NBC News
- The World’s Richest Man Is Now America’s Biggest Political Donor Bloomberg
- Column | Musk spent big to get Trump elected, but *he* didn’t get Trump elected The Washington Post
Reading Insights
Total Reads
0
Unique Readers
1
Time Saved
3 min
vs 4 min read
Condensed
88%
683 → 82 words
Want the full story? Read the original article
Read on Business Insider