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Summary

Elon Musk, after spending $21 million backing conservative Brad Schimel in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, amplified election fraud claims following Schimel’s loss to liberal judge Susan Crawford.

Musk boosted a post by Alex Jones featuring Roger Stone, who alleged mail-in vote fraud. Schimel rejected the claims, urging supporters to accept the results.

Musk pivoted to highlighting a voter ID ballot measure, though Wisconsin already requires ID. Critics see his reaction as echoing Trump-era denialism.

Despite GOP pressure, Schimel’s concession stood out for its rare break from MAGA conspiracy rhetoric.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

3..2..1.. wooowww, is he REALLY saying that? I am SO surprised and I really NEVAH expected this to happen! Oh my God, did this really happen?

Nah, of course not

We all knew immediately after her win that this was the next step. First try to cheat, if that doesn't work, lie about the other cheating to get what you want.

Elmo is a mysigenic sociopathic narcissist sho actively destroys and ends lives.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

OF COURSE it was. Nobody would legitimately not sleep with Musk, I mean not want to be his daughter, I mean, not vote the way he dictated unless there was outside influence.

Couldn't be him.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago (3 children)

How can this man walk freely on the street? He would get shanked in prison and those dudes have to make knives with toothbrushes and other garbage.

This idiot just walks around and no one shoots their shot.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago

Well, I mean he had an entire security detail deputized by the US Marshalls....so it's not like he's just walking out in the open. The guy surrounds himself with sycophants and other billionaires, it's the only way to completely isolate yourself from reality.

I don't think he's really made an actual public appearance since being booed on stage at that chapel show, and that was by people going to see an unfunny transphobe.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (3 children)

YOU LITERALLY BOUGHT VOTES

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's been able to get whatever he wants by throwing money at it his whole life, so when it doesn't work he automatically cries foul.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

Exactly like Trump.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He and Trump and GOP aren't petty there. They inject more distrust about the whole idea of voting. Rich people and corporation can lobby, but they still can't directly buy an election or a cabinet seat in the open. They spend a lot to push up some candidate after ensuring their loyalty, and it seems suboptimal to them. There is a golden moment where you probably can game the system to make max profits and then grab the bag and run. Because democracies are at least stable, and when they roll into dictatorships, you stop playing solitaire, it's now blackjack and you are walking a thin line between bankruptcy and being shot dead by a firing squad, because your elected politician has too much power to be securely bought.

I feel like it's disproportionally favors developing startups\companies\scams who need some boost to start to break even, or old blood that can tolerate some pain if they may consume every other actor on the scene.

There are benefactors to that, and they are the worst people on the market who would only accelerate the collapse for their short term gains.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Musk = POS Nazi.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago

Everything is stolen when your a South African Nazi fascist who was unable to buy the vote they wanted.

Hey F’Elon; how about returning those billions of dollars you’ve stolen from the U.S. government (and many other governments) over the past decade.

Fuck you Elon 🖕

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Waaaaaaaaaa!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He thinks it's "stolen" because he also thought he had bought it and thus owned it.

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Musk boosted a post by Alex Jones featuring Roger Stone

It's like a who's who of absolutely garbage people.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Roy Cohn was also consulted by seance.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

At this point, I don't see how we can ever trust conservative again. They kept showing they won't play by any rules, they are willing to lie, cheat and manipulate to get what they want. The left needs to radicalize his actions, you cannot negotiate with cheaters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're only realizing this now?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

See! I TOLD you! That this was Rigged and NOT that Republicans are Predictable Babies who claim EVERY SINGLE ELECTION THEY LOSE is Rigged!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

It's about time someone besides Democrats spent buttloads of money in order to lose it all.

[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"I WASNT ABLE TO BUY THIS ELECTION DESPITE MY VAST WEALTH, SO OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE ELSE BOUGHT THIS ELECTION AND STOLE IT WITH THEIR VAST WEALTH, ITS THE ONLY CONCEIVABLE REASON WHY I COULD POSSIBLY LOSE!"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

He's salty because he got outbid. Damned eBay snipers.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

With the right, it’s. Always. Projection.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago

Your attempts to steal an election were subverted and now you're complaining. Fucking GOLD.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago

Elon, this isn't an auction you disphit

[–] [email protected] 100 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

A bit?

Don't undersell the oligarch's image. He's worked hard to earn.

The only work he's personally performed these past decades.

[–] [email protected] 231 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Oh look, Conservatives sowing more doubt and mistrust because they can't handle it when faced with how unpopular they are.

Quelle surprise.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Perhaps some leading election deniers are motivated by a psychological defense mechanism, but I think that many realize the strategic benefit. The members of the public who are convinced that Democrats steal elections will vote Republican. They'll also be more willing to accept a Republican refusing to leave office after losing an election, if things come to that.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Anyone voting Republican after 2017 is a lost cause. No matter what happens they are voting R. Save your breath and sympathy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I disagree. While I will never forgive those voters, I don't think most of them are lost causes. They've been manipulated by the largest, most well-funded misinformation and propaganda campaign ever waged against the American people.

Exercising even the smallest amount of critical thinking skills protects oneself against most of it, but no one is completely immune to misinformation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Sure buddy I'm sum it up for you. "Two Trump Elections." But keep turning the other cheek. This time Lucy won't pull the football. She promised. 🙄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I'm not sure how that's related to what I wrote.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Sowing like planting seeds not sewing like creating a garment

But now that I think about it they both kinda work... sewing the threads of lies.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Instead of a seamstress, we've got a memestress.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago

You know, I looked at that and knew it looked wrong but brain couldn't figure out why.

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Also not sure what it means to quelle surprise.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago

It's French for what a surprise

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I also have no clue. Though Quelle in German is a spring, or source.

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