Isazi sezobuchwepheshe sikabhiliyoni u-Elon Musk sidonsela ukuhlaselwa kwamaDemocrats aphezulu kanye nokukhathazeka okuvela kubaqaphi bokhetho njengoba exosha lowo owayenguMongameli uTrump esimweni esibucayi.
Esontweni eledlule, uMusk udabule isifundazwe sasePennsylvania, ebambe amahholo amadolobha amane ezinsukwini eziningi, futhi wethula isiphiwo sansuku zonke esingu- $ 1 million sokubhalisa abavoti bezifundazwe ekupheleni kokhetho.
Ukukhankasa kukaMusk kugqugquzele ukugconwa kanye nokubukela phansi amaDemocrats, okuhlanganisa noGov. Tim Walz, waseMinnesota, owamgcona “ngokweqa njengediphu—” nokufaka esikhundleni uSen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) njengomphathi kaTrump.
“Lowo mfana uyindoda ecebe kakhulu emhlabeni, echitha izigidi zamaRandi ukusiza uDonald Trump ukuthi athenge ukhetho,” kusho uWalz, umlingani wePhini likaMengameli uHarris, embuthanweni obuseWisconsin ngoLwesibili.
U-Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) ngokufanayo uhlose uMusk ngoMsombuluko, emsola “ngokulenga isigidi samarandi kithi nabaningi bethu abadonsa kanzima ukuze baziphilise, uma bemdansela. ”
“Bayasihleka,” esho emcimbini we-United Auto Workers (UAW) ePennsylvania, ebhekise kuMusk noTrump. “Bacabanga ukuthi yithina abancelayo, futhi bakusho lokho esidlangalaleni. Kungakho u-Elon Musk ecabanga ukuthi ivoti lakho lingathengwa ngedola.”
Iminikelo ye-tech mogul engu-$1 million iphinde yabhekisiswa ochwepheshe bezezimali nemikhankaso yezomthetho, abaye bangabaza ukuthi bangephule yini umthetho wokhetho.
I-DOJ kubikwa ukuthi ithumele incwadi ku-Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC, America PAC, ixwayisa ngokuthi izipho zayo zingaphula imithetho yenhlangano ephikisana nokukhokhela abantu ukuthi babhalisele ukuvota.
U-Adav Noti, umqondisi omkhulu we-Campaign Legal Centre, uphawule esitatimendeni sangoMsombuluko ukuthi akukho emthethweni ukuthenga amavoti noma ukubhaliswa kwabavoti nokuthi uMnyango Wezobulungiswa (DOJ) “unamandla okuphoqelela le mithetho ebalulekile ngokwenza izenzo zomphakathi noma zobugebengu. ”
“Ukuziphatha kuka-Elon Musk kumane kuyisibonelo sakamuva – futhi esibi kakhulu – sezithakazelo ezikhethekile ezicebile ezihlanekezela inqubo yethu yezepolitiki ngokulimaza abavoti bansuku zonke,” kusho uNoti.
“Kuyinkinga enkulu ukuthi umuntu ocebe kakhulu emhlabeni angaphonsa imali yakhe emzamweni wokuba nomthelela ngqo emphumeleni walolu khetho,” engeza. “Lena akuyona indlela intando yeningi yethu okufanele isebenze ngayo.”
Ngenkathi amanye amaqhinga e-super PAC okuvotela abavoti emngceleni abhekane nokuhlehla, ochwepheshe bezepolitiki bathi imizamo kaMusk yokuthola isisekelo ingabaluleka kakhulu ekukhuliseni uTrump.
“Lokhu kungukuthi, ekupheleni kosuku, umsebenzi owodwa omkhulu wabavoti,” usomaqhinga waseRiphabhlikhi u-Alex Conant utshele iThe Hill.
“Bambalwa kakhulu abavoti abangakanqunywa, ngakho-ke noma yimuphi umkhankaso owenza umsebenzi ongcono wokuthola abavoti abancane kakhulu okhethweni uzophumelela,” eqhubeka. “Ngezinga uMusk eselizimisele ngalo ukuveza labo bavoti abacabanga ukuthi muhle futhi bayameseka uTrump, lokho kungasiza.”
I-Musk’s America PAC, ethole amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-75 kusozigidi, ibambe iqhaza elibalulekile emizamweni yomkhankaso kaTrump yokuphuma ngamavoti ezifundazweni ezijikijelwayo.
Kodwa-ke, emasontweni okugcina ngaphambi kokhetho, uMusk usephendukele ePennsylvania ikakhulukazi – izwe abaningi abavoti nabahlaziyi abakholelwa ukuthi banganquma umjaho.
Ukuhlaziywa kwe-Decision Desk HQ kwakamuva kunikeze ophumelele ePennsylvania ithuba elingamaphesenti angama-85 lokuthola isikhundla sikamongameli.
UTrump kanye nePhini likaMongameli uHarris njengamanje bavalelwe emjahweni oqine kakhulu. Isilinganiso sokuvota se-Hill-Decision Desk HQ sibonisa u-Harris ekhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-0.9. Kodwa-ke, uTrump udlule uHarris ngeSonto njengentandokazi encane ukunqoba ukhetho okokuqala ngqa selokhu iphini likamengameli lingenele umjaho ngoJulayi.
UTrump uphinde wakhethwa kancane ukuwina iPennsylvania esibikezelweni se-The Hill-Decision Desk HQ, yize izinhlolovo ezimbalwa zakamuva zikhombise uHarris ehola owayengumongameli eSifundazweni saseKeystone.
UMusk ubonakale ebamba iqhaza elibalulekile lasePennsylvania emasontweni asanda kwedlula, ebambe imicimbi esuka ePhiladelphia iye eHarrisburg iye ePittsburgh futhi enxusa amaRiphabhlikhi ukuthi abhalise futhi aphume ayovota.
“Angikwazi ukugcizelela ngokwanele ukuthi iPennsylvania, ngicabanga ukuthi, i-linchpin kulolu khetho,” esho ngesikhathi sehholo lakhe lokuqala ledolobha e-Folsom, Pa. “Lolu khetho, ngicabanga, luzonquma isiphetho seMelika, futhi kanye nesiphetho seMelika, isiphetho sempucuko yaseNtshonalanga.”
Izinga lesasasa phakathi kwabavoti bakaTrump esifundazweni lingaba ukhiye kulo mjaho oshisa phansi, kusho u-Amy Dacey, umqondisi omkhulu weSine Institute of Policy & Politics e-American University.
“Abantu abathi bazovota noma abantu ababhalisele ukuvota, akusho ukuthi bazovota,” kusho uDacey etshela iThe Hill. “Okuningi lokhu wukuqinisekisa ukuthi labo abavoti ozibophezele kini bayangena okhethweni.”
“Lokho kungaba yinto abazama ukuyifeza ngayo [Musk]ukuhlanganisa lelo sisekelo,” wengeza.
UMusk uveza “abantu okungenzeka ukuthi bangabavoti abathuthumelayo, abangaba abavoti, abangaba abantu abangabavoti, futhi abenze baphume bayovotela uTrump,” kusho usomaqhinga waseRiphabhlikhi uBrian Seitchik, ephawula ukuthi usozigidi “ungaphezulu kokuphuma-the- ithuluzi lokuvota kunethuluzi lokuncenga.”
I-tech mogul isheshe yaba umuntu obalulekile emkhankasweni kaTrump. Selokhu agunyaza lowo owayengumongameli ngoJulayi, usozigidi ubevame ukusebenzisa inkundla yakhe enkulu ku-X, inkundla yezokuxhumana anayo, ukuze aqinise uTrump futhi agxeke uHarris.
Ubambe uTrump inhlolokhono ebukhoma ngo-X ngo-Agasti, lapho lo mbhangqwana wakhuluma cishe amahora amabili ngakho konke kusuka emzamweni wokubulala owayengumongameli kuya kwezomnotho kanye nokufika kwabokufika.
Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, uMusk wajoyina uTrump emhlanganweni owawuse-Butler, Pa.
UMusk, owayegxuma ngenjabulo eduze kukaTrump, wazimemezela ukuthi “akayona nje i-MAGA” kodwa “i-MAGA emnyama.” Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, umemezele ukuthi uzokwenza ukubonakala okuningi kulo lonke i-Keystone State.
“Akujwayelekile ukubona osozigidi bengenela ukhetho ukuze bangenele ukhetho lwezepolitiki,” kusho uConant. “Akuyona into engavamile ukuthi babhale amasheke, kodwa kuyinto engajwayelekile ukuthi bazisungulele imikhankaso yabo bese belandela umkhondo.”
USenzana wasePennsylvania uJohn Fetterman (D) uzwakalise ukukhathazeka ekuqaleni kwale nyanga ngokuthandwa kukaTrump ezweni lakubo kanye nesicelo sikaMusk njengoba ekhankasela lowo owayengumongameli.
“Izincomo eziningi azibalwa kangako kuleli bhizinisi, kepha uMusk …
“Kwabanye abantu abambona enjengoTony Stark,” wengeza, ebhekisa kubizo leqhawe eliqanjiwe le-Marvel Iron Man. “Uyindoda ecebe kakhulu emhlabeni, futhi ngokungangabazeki uyindoda ekhaliphile.”
U-Seitchik uphakamise ukuthi isikhundla esiyingqayizivele sikaMusk njengomsekeli kaTrump ohlakaniphile futhi ocebe kakhulu singadala “isakhiwo semvume” yokuthi abanye bavotele owayengumongameli.
“[He] ivumela abantu abazibheka njengabafundile nabacebile nabahlakaniphile – futhi naphezu kwamandla amaningi laphaya ethi akekho ohlakaniphile, umuntu ofanayo angavotela uTrump, okusobala ukuthi akulona iqiniso – uyakuphikisa lokho futhi athi, ‘Bheka, ngiyindoda ecebile kakhulu. emhlabeni, omunye … amadoda ahlakaniphe kakhulu emhlabeni,’ futhi ungumlandeli kaTrump oshisekayo,” kusho uSeitchik.
“Kufanele ngikholwe ukuthi lokho kuthola abanye balabo bavoti basekolishi abafundile, okungenzeka ukuthi bamthengile noma abamthenganga uTeslas kodwa bamncoma uMusk nalokho akufezile, kubakhiphele okhethweni ngoSuku Lokhetho,” wengeza.
