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FightFight

(246 posts)
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 06:03 PM Oct 2024

Elon Musk's mom says cheating for Trump isn't 'illegal.' Twitter fires back: 'You're just as dumb as your son'

Source: nj.com

One thing for sure: The Musk family is all in for Donald Trump — and election lies.

While Elon Musk — carmaker, owner of Twitter/X, government contractor and conspiracy theorist — was hopping around the stage at a rally for Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, his mother was suggesting a way for Trump supporters to cheat in November’s presidential election against Kamala Harris.
Maye Musk, by the way, has 1.1 million followers on Twitter/X, her reach no doubt helped by the owner.

When her son tweeted, “Super important to get all your friends and family to register to vote. Georgia’s registration deadline is Monday!!” Maye Musk offered her own voting strategy.

“The Democrats have given us another option,” she tweeted. “You don’t have to register to vote. On Election Day, have 10 fake names, go to 10 polling booths and vote 10 times. That’s 100 votes, and it’s not illegal. Maybe we should work the system too.”

Actually, that is illegal — and even Twitter/X’s fact-checking labeled it so with an embarrassing community note that explained, “This is, in fact, illegal,” while citing the law. But that wasn’t all: Maye Musk’s tweet drew immediate and brutal mocking on social media:

“So, you’re just as dumb as your son. Good to know.”

“Even Elon’s mom is stupid.”

“Great idea, Maye. I think you should film yourself doing this and post it.”

Many suggested that Tina Peters — a MAGA Trump supporter who tampered with election data and was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday — might need a cellmate or a prison buddy.

Read more: https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/10/elon-musks-mom-says-cheating-for-trump-isnt-illegal-twitter-fires-back-youre-just-as-dumb-as-your-son.html

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Elon Musk's mom says cheating for Trump isn't 'illegal.' Twitter fires back: 'You're just as dumb as your son' (Original Post) FightFight Oct 2024 OP
They are South African. I assume that is done there. ?? Geeezzz. Srkdqltr Oct 2024 #1
Melon's mom is Canadian geardaddy Oct 2024 #2
The Ottowa trucker's blockade is proof that...... wolfie001 Oct 2024 #4
Born in Canada but moved to South Africa when she was 2 IronLionZion Oct 2024 #18
Thanks for the correction. geardaddy Oct 2024 #21
So she is, to all intents and purposes, culturally South African. ShazzieB Oct 2024 #27
Could she be considered a foreign interference with our election? Deuxcents Oct 2024 #3
You'd think, right? ck4829 Oct 2024 #47
eLoon and Mad Maye....what a pair! Lord, save us! dutch777 Oct 2024 #5
Excuse me? Like Mother, like son catrose Oct 2024 #6
Very much so ck4829 Oct 2024 #46
Deport her IbogaProject Oct 2024 #7
Deport all of the MuskOx family Trueblue1968 Oct 2024 #30
One Muskrat begats another InstantGratification Oct 2024 #8
The turd doesn't markodochartaigh Oct 2024 #17
No, no it does not ck4829 Oct 2024 #42
Wow... Figarosmom Oct 2024 #9
Yeah, they are, unfortunately. dchill Oct 2024 #14
Wealthy people can essentially buy US citizenship IronLionZion Oct 2024 #33
I actually like the idea ejbr Oct 2024 #10
Many conservatives are dumb enough to believe it will work IronLionZion Oct 2024 #34
Deplorable. Evolve Dammit Oct 2024 #11
Incredibly deplorable ck4829 Oct 2024 #43
His mom is TNNurse Oct 2024 #12
Or stupid AND crooked ck4829 Oct 2024 #44
Can someone explain to Mommy Musk that it is a silly and illegal suggestion? Aussie105 Oct 2024 #13
Before, during and after #EvilMuck I am still on Twitter and block idiots like her on a daily basis. efhmc Oct 2024 #40
The Musk family is the single best argument for a wealth tax on billionaires. Nt spooky3 Oct 2024 #15
"The affirmative action of generational wealth" was oasis Oct 2024 #36
It really does ck4829 Oct 2024 #45
So, if I have this right, birdographer Oct 2024 #16
Yeah, it's virtually impossible, at least in the state of Georgia... forkol Oct 2024 #22
assholes breed assholes. mdbl Oct 2024 #19
I think it's time to realize that the MAGAts consider lying, cheating and dirty tricks perfectly normal ways to win an Martin68 Oct 2024 #20
I really consider it backwards. People who are so full of themselves, think they are ALWAYS right and LiberalArkie Oct 2024 #51
I read that Musk Melon planned to ban geardaddy Oct 2024 #23
her suggestion that people cast 10 votes in 10 precincts on election day Jack Valentino Oct 2024 #24
so crazy it just might work!! PedroXimenez Oct 2024 #25
Maye Musk, eh.......? Montauk6 Oct 2024 #26
Evil parents. Evil son. SunSeeker Oct 2024 #28
The end justifies the means keithbvadu2 Oct 2024 #29
There you go Republicans! Aussie105 Oct 2024 #31
The reality is that Musk is concerned that when Kamala/Walz win, his contracts with the USA will be canceled. Escurumbele Oct 2024 #32
Thank God, Elon Musk was born in South Africa and can't run for president, unless the Republicans find a way LaMouffette Oct 2024 #35
Would require a constitutional amendment, which is incredibly difficult spooky3 Oct 2024 #38
This is true, but I wouldn't put it past this scotus to try and say "rules are different for Republicans though" ck4829 Oct 2024 #49
Well the question needs to be asked.................does she vote once or does she go into another place and use turbinetree Oct 2024 #37
all of this: "Great idea, Maye. I think you should film yourself doing this and post it." Coexist Oct 2024 #39
Haha ck4829 Oct 2024 #48
With parents naming him "Elon," it's no wonder the stupidity is inherited. valleyrogue Oct 2024 #41
K&R ck4829 Oct 2024 #50
Love the reply to mom, love it. republianmushroom Oct 2024 #52

wolfie001

(4,139 posts)
4. The Ottowa trucker's blockade is proof that......
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 06:26 PM
Oct 2024

....there is no shortage of RW trumpers up north.

ShazzieB

(19,540 posts)
27. So she is, to all intents and purposes, culturally South African.
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 12:03 AM
Oct 2024

Funny coincidence (at least to me): my dad was born in England, but his parents emigrated to the U.S. with their children when he was 2. He had to be naturalized to become a citizen of the U.S., but in all other respects, he was as American as apple pie.

IronLionZion

(47,783 posts)
33. Wealthy people can essentially buy US citizenship
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 08:27 AM
Oct 2024

and the Musks did. Maye also has some ancestors who were born in Minnesota before moving to Canada and then South Africa.

Aussie105

(6,799 posts)
13. Can someone explain to Mommy Musk that it is a silly and illegal suggestion?
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 07:59 PM
Oct 2024

Explain in words she understands?

Whatever runs in that family - it ain't pretty!

efhmc

(15,172 posts)
40. Before, during and after #EvilMuck I am still on Twitter and block idiots like her on a daily basis.
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 02:30 PM
Oct 2024

Can someone give me her signin so I can block her, please.

oasis

(51,990 posts)
36. "The affirmative action of generational wealth" was
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 09:43 AM
Oct 2024

touched upon in Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic Convention.
This subject needs to be brought up more often.

birdographer

(2,754 posts)
16. So, if I have this right,
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 08:27 PM
Oct 2024

you make up a fake name and then you go to vote. You get to the people with computers in front of them, and they ask your name. You give the fake name. It is not in their computer as a registered voter in that district. And so you say what? I don't know about where other people vote, but you can't just walk in here and grab a ballot. Nobody gets past those computers. Gosh maybe we are super-advanced or something in this small town. Or is it possible she has no concept of how one votes?

forkol

(118 posts)
22. Yeah, it's virtually impossible, at least in the state of Georgia...
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 09:30 PM
Oct 2024

In the state of Georgia, it's a Voter-ID state. You have to have a government-issued ID. If you give them some kind of State ID, they actually scan the barcode on the back of the ID and pull up your registration information. On one occasion, the lady that was doing the check-in seemed to be taking quite her time carefully examining my GA driver's license. She was about 3 seconds away from me loudly saying: "Ma'am, is there a problem?" before she finally let me pass.

But say you get some fake IDs. Because you didn't register, you won't be on the rolls. Even if you contest you are a resident of Georgia, at some address, at most you will be given a provisional ballot, which won't count if they cannot verify you address within 3 days of the election.

I think I remember for early voting in 2020, we had to fill out a form before we could even get to the check-in. It basically stated that you were voting for a certain election period, and that you were made aware you cannot vote again on Election Day, and some other stuff and then had to be signed. The form had to be filled out and dated correctly, even specifying the date be written as mm/dd/yyyy (all four digits for the year). They kicked the form back to you if you didn't do it correctly.

It's practically impossible, although that shouldn't even have to be said

Martin68

(25,029 posts)
20. I think it's time to realize that the MAGAts consider lying, cheating and dirty tricks perfectly normal ways to win an
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 09:19 PM
Oct 2024

election (or do business, run an education system, etc). That's why they think we are doing the same. They are bad to the bone, rotten to the core, and assume everyone else is, too.

LiberalArkie

(17,467 posts)
51. I really consider it backwards. People who are so full of themselves, think they are ALWAYS right and
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 09:42 AM
Oct 2024

do not mind breaking the law, or circumventing the law -> tend to be what we call MAGAts

Ex, the habitual speeder, the insider stock trader. The ones who feel that the social norms do not apply to them.

geardaddy

(25,381 posts)
23. I read that Musk Melon planned to ban
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 09:30 PM
Oct 2024

Everyone who was promoting fake news. Guess he'll have to ban himself and his mother.

Jack Valentino

(1,657 posts)
24. her suggestion that people cast 10 votes in 10 precincts on election day
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 09:36 PM
Oct 2024

is not remotely doable by simple logistics--- nevermind the fact that it is illegal and unlikely that you could identify yourself as 10 different voters in each precinct....


Total stupidity--- but it is bad because it is encouraging Trump voters to think about ways that they might cast fake votes and break election laws....


keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)
29. The end justifies the means
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 12:15 AM
Oct 2024

an·ti·no·mi·an /?an(t)??n?m??n/ adjective
relating to the view that Christians are released by grace from the obligation of observing the moral law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinomianism

"In some Christian belief systems, an antinomian is one who takes the principle of salvation by faith and divine grace to the point of asserting that the saved are not bound to follow the moral law contained in the Ten Commandments.[2][3] Antinomians believe that faith alone guarantees eternal security in heaven, regardless of one's actions.[4]"

Even the Ten Commandments.

Like killing abortion doctors.
----------------
Not just Christians. Other religions also have some adherents.

Aussie105

(6,799 posts)
31. There you go Republicans!
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 05:08 AM
Oct 2024

You have Mother Musk's permission to cheat!

Her son will pay your fines and do the jail time for you, I'm sure!

Mmmmmm . . . encouraging others to break the law and promising to pay their fines - where have I heard that before?

That didn't go too well, if I remember correctly.

Escurumbele

(3,723 posts)
32. The reality is that Musk is concerned that when Kamala/Walz win, his contracts with the USA will be canceled.
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 07:24 AM
Oct 2024

Its all about the money, he is going to lose big, so lets vote, we have double incentive, get rid of trump and his minions and to get rid of Musk handling our security.

LaMouffette

(2,448 posts)
35. Thank God, Elon Musk was born in South Africa and can't run for president, unless the Republicans find a way
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 08:35 AM
Oct 2024

to change that rule.

ck4829

(36,668 posts)
49. This is true, but I wouldn't put it past this scotus to try and say "rules are different for Republicans though"
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 09:04 AM
Oct 2024

turbinetree

(25,747 posts)
37. Well the question needs to be asked.................does she vote once or does she go into another place and use
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 09:52 AM
Oct 2024

a different name and address to vote ................lock her up.................

valleyrogue

(1,738 posts)
41. With parents naming him "Elon," it's no wonder the stupidity is inherited.
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 09:17 PM
Oct 2024

From a Google search:

Errol Musk liked the name Elon because of its biblical links, the book said. It added that Errol Musk later said it was a prescient reference to a science-fiction book written by rocket scientist Wernher von Braun about colonizing Mars. Elon is the title given to elected leaders of Mars in the book.


Wernher von Braun. That really says it all.
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