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The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla who also purchased X, Musk joined
Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday at the site where the
former president survived an assassination attempt in July. Musk
said “this will be the last election” if Trump doesn’t win.
Wearing a cap with the “Make America Great Again” slogan of
Trump’s campaign, Musk appeared to acknowledge the foreboding
nature of his remarks.
“As you can see I am not just MAGA — I am Dark MAGA,” he said.
It was the first time that Musk joined one of Trump's rallies
and was evidence of their growing alliance in the final stretch
of the presidential election. Musk created a super political
action committee supporting the Republican nominee and it has
been spending heavily on get-out-the-vote efforts. Trump has
said he would tap Musk to lead a government efficiency
commission if he regains the White House.
Trump joined Musk in August for a rare public conversation on X,
a friendly chat that spanned more than two hours. In it, the
former president largely focused on the July assassination
attempt, illegal immigration and his plans to cut government
regulations.
Before a large crowd Saturday, Musk sought to portray Trump as a
champion of free speech, arguing that Democrats want “to take
away your freedom of speech, they want to take away your right
to bear arms, they want to take away your right to vote,
effectively." Musk went on to criticize a California effort to
ban voter ID requirements.
The event took place at the same property where a gunman’s
bullets grazed Trump’s right ear and killed a Trump supporter,
Corey Comperatore. The shooting left multiple others injured.
Several members of Comperatore’s family, as well as other
attendees and first responders from the July rally, returned to
the site on Saturday. Also appearing with the former president
were his running mate Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance, son Eric
Trump, daughter-in-law and RNC co-chair Lara Trump, along with
Pennsylvania lawmakers and sheriffs.
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