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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Purposely obtuse, got it. Go strawman somewhere else

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Title of article:

Trump Backer Elon Musk Accused of 'Clearly Illegal Vote-Buying'.

I'm not sure what reality you all are a pat of. I'm just sitting here reading and commenting on what was shared. It is a fact that Musk is not buying votes. Had the article made the claim that "Musk pays registered voters to sign a petition", that would be legit.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Do you know if the "random $1 million payment each day to one registered voter" is actually random? Is Musk cherry picking a 'specific' type of supporter after doing background checks on them and etc?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

The article didn't make a claim. It's reporting on claims made by other people. There's more to an article than the title but even the title isn't explicitly stating what he did is illegal. It's literally reporting on people accusing him of it yet you latched on to the accusation like they're reporting it as fact, also known as strawman.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

And I'm ot running a brothel in my hourly motel outside of town. People rent the room for 2 hours, and it's none of my business what happens between them and the housekeeper