Elon Musk posted “fake gnus” to a Wall Street Journal report that he was committing to donate around $45 million a month to a new pro-Donald Trump Super PAC.
The WSJ reported that the group, called America PAC, will have additional wealthy backers and will focus on narrowing the Democratic advantage in early and mail-in voting:
Formed in June, America PAC is focused on registering voters and persuading constituents to vote early and request mail-in ballots in swing states, according to one of the people. The coalition assessed that the Democrats have historically had very robust “get out the vote” campaigns and took note of the amounts of money that the Biden administration has dedicated to so-called on the ground efforts in swing states. America PAC will try to counter that.
But Musk replied overnight on X with this post:
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 16, 2024
A representative of the WSJ has emailed: “We stand by our reporting.”
Editor’s note: This story has been updated from an earlier version to account for Musk’s response and the WSJ response.