What does it say about Donald Trump when his billionaire bosom buddy, Elon Musk, has to trick individuals, principally Black individuals, into canvassing for the Trump marketing campaign?
Based on The Guardian, Musk’s get-out-the-vote effort for Trump has come beneath hearth after paid canvases reported that they really didn’t know who they have been canvassing for till they have been already on the job, and that they have been mainly transported paddy wagon-style in situations that have been unsafe and demeaning.
From the Guardian:
Employees recruited by Musk’s America Pac to canvass within the battleground state of Michigan solely found they have been working for the Area X and Tesla entrepreneur to drum up voter turnout for Trump after signing non-disclosure agreements, Wired reported.
“I knew nothing of the job, or a lot of the job description, aside from going door to door and asking the voters who’re they voting for,” a canvasser who was flown to Michigan from one other state instructed the web site. “Then, after I signed over an NDA, is after I discovered we’re for Republicans and with Trump.”
The canvassers additionally mentioned they confronted threats to their working situations in the event that they failed to satisfy stringent door-knocking targets.
The disclosure comes after the Guardian revealed critical query marks about Musk’s voter turnout effort in Nevada and Arizona amid stories that as much as 25% of reported door knocks within the state could possibly be fraudulent.
Not solely have been canvassers apparently unaware that they have been stumping for Trump, however one recruit mentioned he didn’t know Musk was concerned in till they “overheard my supervisor and some others point out Elon Musk” by identify. It’s virtually as if Apartheid Vader understands that folks, particularly Black individuals, don’t like him or his rust-orange-tinted Klan-ish comrade.
Canvassers recruited for Musk’s political Blaxploitation ring additionally reported being instructed to knock on 1,000 doorways every week and to attain a 17-22% engagement charge, and in the event that they didn’t meet that quota, they might find yourself paying for their very own lodging, together with journey round Michigan, motel rooms and their flights residence.
“What’s gonna occur is, they’re gonna cease paying for these [motel] rooms, and then you definitely’re gonna find yourself having to pay for it your self,” a supervisor is heard telling recruits in a recording obtained by Wired. “You may’t do this with no cash.”
The Guardian famous that not one of the recruits featured within the report had legitimate driver’s licenses, which might imply they have been depending on the transportation supplied for them. These recruits mentioned they have been promised they might have rental vehicles to journey round Michigan neighborhoods with, however, as a substitute, they have been pushed round behind U-Haul vans with no seat belts and have been dropped off 40 minutes aside from one another so they may go knocking on the doorways of strangers in communities they have been unfamiliar with.
Extra from the Guardian:
A video purportedly shot from inside a van confirmed principally Black staff separated from the driving force by a cage-like construction. The driving force was recorded as telling the employees that he was in ache and having issue driving.
“I simply had surgical procedure, bro,” the U-Haul driver instructed the canvassers. “Like half of my foot is lower off.”
Bruh — what within the Kunta Kinte?
It seems that Musk’s political motion committee is a step or two shy of tricking Black individuals into sharecropping. It’s value mentioning that the information of his alleged exploits in Michigan comes shortly after his PAC got here beneath hearth in Pennsylvania, the place a decide has summoned him to seem in court docket to reply for a lawsuit difficult the legality of his $1m sweepstakes giveaway for registered (Trump) voters who signal his petition on free speech. (As a result of Phony Stark is all about free speech, so long as you’re not anti-Trump, journalists who make him look silly, or non-profit organizers who reported on how racist Twitter (now X) grew to become beneath his possession.)
It’s virtually as if Elon Musk’s whole existence in politics is one yuge rip-off, and his popularity is so shady that he has to hustle victims into working for him and Trump.
Unhappy.
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