{"id":118954,"date":"2024-10-27T13:09:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T06:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118954"},"modified":"2024-10-27T13:09:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T06:09:33","slug":"elon-musk-says-the-real-threat-to-democracy-is-the-people-who-accuse-trump-of-endangering-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118954","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk says the real threat to democracy is the people who accuse Trump of endangering it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) \u2014 Tech mogul <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a><\/span>, speaking at a town hall Saturday night in Pennsylvania to support Republican <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span>, played down the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/capitol-siege\">Jan. 6 attack<\/a><\/span> on the U.S. Capitol and exhorted supporters to cast votes early in the presidential swing state while describing mail ballots as a \u201crecipe for fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The freewheeling session inside a ballroom at a hotel in downtown Lancaster touched on a dizzying range of topics, from space exploration and the Tesla cybertruck to immigration and the efficacy of psychiatric drugs. The town hall was part of Musk\u2019s efforts through his super PAC to help boost Trump in swing states ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election against Democrat <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/kamala-harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, whom Trump has vowed to give a role in his administration if he wins next month, spent nearly two hours taking questions from town hall participants. While most were laudatory and covered a variety of topics, one was particularly pointed: A man wanted to know what Musk would say to concerns from voters that Trump\u2019s election could lead to democracy backsliding in the U.S. considering his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.<\/p>\n<p>While calling it a fair question, Musk also said that the Jan. 6 attack by Trump\u2019s supporters has been called \u201csome sort of violent insurrection, which is simply not the case\u201d \u2014 a response that drew applause from the crowd. More than 100 law enforcement personnel were injured in the attack, some <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-joe-biden-capitol-siege-police-health-6b5a6c9d2069bf1325f684532d006013\">beaten with their own weapons<\/a><\/span>, when a mob of Trump supporters who believed <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jan-6-trump-capitol-riot-debate-harris-trump-election-walz-vance-144e136901013ddc9c8fab6a1d2bdf07\">his lies that the 2020 election was stolen<\/a><\/span> from him stormed the Capitol to stop the certification of votes.<\/p>\n<p>Musk also claimed that people \u201cwho say Trump is a threat to democracy are themselves a threat to democracy,\u201d a comment that was also cheered by the crowd of several hundred people packed tightly into the ballroom. Many more watched the event on X, the social media platform Musk purchased two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, he said, \u201cdid actually tell people to not be violent.\u201d While Trump did tell the crowd on Jan. 6 to protest \u201cpeacefully and patriotically,\u201d he also <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fact-check-trump-us-capitol-remarks-221518bc174f9bc3dd6e108e653ed08d\">encouraged them to \u201cfight like hell\u201d<\/a><\/span> to stop Democrat Joe Biden from becoming the president.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, the world\u2019s richest man, has <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/elon-musk-trump-america-pac-1092522fb2abc6da346b441763e9ce04\">committed more than $70 million<\/a><\/span> to boost Trump in the election and, at events on behalf of his super PAC, has encouraged supporters to embrace voting early. Still, echoing some of Trump\u2019s misgivings about the method, Musk raised his own doubts about the process. He said that, in the future, mail ballots should not be accepted, calling them a strange anomaly that got popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic and raising the prospect of fraud.<\/p>\n<p>There are a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2024-voter-fraud-trump-harris-a3b4c2db17217311770259193c115b80\">number of safeguards<\/a><\/span> to protect mail-in ballots, with various ballot verification protocols, including every state requiring a voter\u2019s signature. <\/p>\n<p>The question about Jan. 6 was an outlier during the back-and-forth with the crowd in which Musk was repeatedly praised as a visionary and solicited for advice and thoughts about education, arm wrestling, tax loopholes and whether he\u2019d buy the Chicago White Sox. (He said he was a tech guy and had to pick his battles.)<\/p>\n<p>Musk said he was in favor of \u201cnot heavy handed\u201d regulation of artificial intelligence and railed against \u201cwoke religion\u201d as \u201cfundamentally an extinctionist religion.\u201d He said the U.S. birth rate is a significant concern.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about the 2024 Election Today's news: Follow live updates from the campaign trail from the AP. Ground Game: Sign up for AP's weekly politics newsletter to get it in your inbox every Monday. AP's Role: The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848. Learn more.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about the 2024 Election<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He said he believes Jesus was a real person who lived about 2,000 years ago and, when asked for the best advice he\u2019s ever received, replied: \u201cI recommend studying physics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also called a woman to the stage to give her a large $1 million check, part of his promotion to give away $1 million a day to a voter in a swing state who has signed his super PAC\u2019s petition backing the U.S. Constitution. <\/p>\n<p>The giveaways are fine with Josh Fox, 32, a UPS driver from Dillsburg, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s cool,\u201d Fox said, waiting to get into the rally earlier Saturday. \u201cIt would be nice to have it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox, who plans to vote for Trump, dismissed any suggestion the money may violate <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/musk-1-million-giveaway-trump-voters-petition-b4e48acbfe04fde735e60b1911ad0197\">federal election rules<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about driving in support and driving in people who are in support of the Constitution,\u201d Fox said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/elon-musk-trump-jan-6-insurrection-ballots-a2288cae45f3caf9e7b9bc3c96c94b66\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER, Pa. 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