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Elon Musk’s mother has been accused of encouraging followers on X to commit voter fraud and was fact-checked by her son’s personal social media platform.
Maye Musk quoted a publish by her son earlier than he spoke at Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania yesterday, the place the billionaire wrote: “Tremendous essential to get all of your family and friends to register to vote. Georgia’s registration deadline is Monday!!”
However his mother went a step additional and instructed to her 1.1 million followers they might vote greater than as soon as below pretend names – which is unlawful.
“The Democrats have given us another choice,” she mentioned. “You don’t should register to vote. On Election Day, have 10 pretend names, go to 10 polling cubicles and vote 10 instances. That’s 100 votes, and it’s not unlawful. Possibly we must always work the system too.”
Followers, together with many attorneys, have been fast to name her out, and a group word quickly appeared beneath her publish which mentioned: “That is, the truth is, unlawful.”
The word linked to the US Code which states voting greater than as soon as deliberately is federally prohibited.
Attorneys additionally knowledgeable Musk that her publish was “a solicitation of against the law.” One mentioned: “This tweet constitutes the solicitation of against the law and is in itself a completely accomplished prison act. If not less than one particular person acts in your solicitation, you is also charged with conspiracy. It’s best to retract this tweet instantly.”
One other civil rights lawyer mentioned: “That’s unlawful. Do you could have any credible proof Democrats are partaking in that apply?”
“It’s, after all, fully unlawful to do what you recommend,” a retired lawyer wrote. “I’m undecided if you happen to thought you have been making a joke, but when so, it’s not significantly amusing.”
Others merely tagged the Federal Election Fee and the FBI.
Musk adopted up on her publish by telling followers to “ignore” it. “In Butler, Pennsylvania, we simply heard that the Republicans will ensure that no illegals vote,” she mentioned. “Ignore my earlier publish.”
At yesterday’s rally, the world’s richest man falsely claimed that elections could be eradicated within the US if Trump doesn’t win in November.
Talking on the former president’s rally in Butler — the place the Republican was practically assassinated in July — the X and Tesla CEO warned “this would be the final election” if Trump doesn’t win.
“President Trump should win to protect the Structure. He should win to protect democracy in America,” Musk, who doesn’t have a background in politics, claimed.
