we're deciding, at scale, that laws do not apply to republicans during an election cycle
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Just before Musk's event in Green Bay tonight, the WI Supreme Court unanimously declined to bar him from handing out $1 million payments to voters
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There is that telltale Russian tail for one.
They are rubbing it in our faces now that there is zero electoral accountability for them—2024 or future.
What this third term distraction is about too.
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But, DA's have taken the position that it's illegal to offer a drink worth > $1 unless you're offering it to everyone. Here's a story from 2016.
https://www.cbs58.com/news/i-voted-freebies-nixed-after-crackdown-from-milwaukee-co-das-office
In this case… the eligibility for $1m required signing a petition of no effect & only voters could go to the event. So… does the event entry have a value?
they should have arrested him.
It was the job of the WI Attorney General to indict him.
Would "Better Kaul Josh" be a good slogan
And take the time to look up what the standard protection purview of the secret service is.
“Tell him not to commit crimes” is an absurd request, even more so when the crime is complete
He should have simply charged Musk with the crime.
Wilhoit’s Law
(Please, people generally: don't make things out to be worse and less hopeful than they already are?)