Elon Musk arms out $1m cheques to voters in Wisconsin, his odd cheese hat grabs eyeballs | Video
Mar 31, 2025 11:53 AM IST
Elon Musk handed out $1 million cheques to Wisconsin voters regardless of backlash from critics, in addition to a lawsuit from the state’s lawyer basic.
Elon Musk handed out $1 million cheques to 2 Wisconsin voters regardless of backlash from critics, in addition to a lawsuit from the state’s lawyer basic forward of a Supreme Court docket election within the state. The cheques got to 2 Wisconsin males who’ve voted for and donated to GOP campaigns that assist President Donald Trump. Musk clarified that solely “spokesmen” for an internet petition towards “activist” judges can be eligible for the cash, in response to the New York Put up.
On the city corridor he hosted in Wisconsin, Musk wore a cheese hat as an ode to the state’s cheese business and its Inexperienced Bay Packers soccer workforce. Video reveals the Tesla boss signing the hat earlier than tossing it to elated followers within the crowd.
Musk’s America PAC shared a video on X, writing, “Elon Musk takes the stage in Wisconsin and throws a signed Cheesehead hat into the gang”.
Donning the odd-looking hat, Musk rallied for Brad Schimel, a conservative politician working for a Wisconsin Supreme Court docket seat. Schimel is being backed by Trump, Musk and lots of the X proprietor’s assist teams which have spent over $20 million within the marketing campaign supporting Schimel. “And if the [Wisconsin] Supreme Court docket is ready to redraw the districts, they are going to gerrymander the district and deprive Wisconsin of two seats on the Republican aspect. Then they are going to attempt to cease all the federal government reforms we’re getting performed for you, the American folks,” Musk mentioned.
State Supreme Court docket’s determination
In a unanimous determination, the state Supreme Court docket refused to listen to an eleventh-hour try by Wisconsin Lawyer Normal Josh Kaul to cease Musk from giving the huge handouts minutes earlier than the rally began. Kaul’s problem had already been rejected by two decrease courts. His problem argues that it’s unlawful to supply “something of worth” in Wisconsin, in alternate for a vote. Musk’s attorneys, alternatively, claimed that the funds had been “meant to generate a grassroots motion in opposition to activist judges, to not expressly advocate for or towards any candidate,” Irish Star reported. The court docket didn’t clarify why it made the choice it made.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court docket is predicted to rule on numerous points within the coming months, together with abortion rights, congressional redistricting, union energy, and voting guidelines. This might determine the destiny of the 2026 midterms and likewise the 2028 presidential election within the battleground state.
