Elon Musk’s mom says cheating for Trump isn’t ‘illegal.’ Twitter fires back: ‘You’re just as dumb as your son’ - nj.com

Skip to ArticleSet weatherBack To Main MenuCloseQuick Look-Change your current location »Current -Mostly SunnyTonightLow -Mostly SunnyTomorrowHigh -Mostly SunnyView full weather reportAll Access + the daily online newspaper – Start today for $1PoliticsElon Musk’s mom says cheating for Trump isn’t ‘illegal.’ Twitter fires back: ‘You’re just as dumb as your son’Updated: Oct. 07, 2024, 6:11 a.m.|Published: Oct. 06, 2024, 11:01 a.m.Elon Musk jumps on the stage as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)APBy Kevin Manahan | NJ Advance Media for NJ.comOne 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.A few hours later, Maye Musk told her Twitter/X followers: Never mind.“In Butler, Pennsylvania, we just heard that the Republicans will make sure no illegals vote,” she tweeted. “Ignore my previous post.”There has been no substantial evidence of undocumented immigrants voting in federal elections, but some voters are believing the GOP messaging scam.Meanwhile, Elon Musk — CEO of SpaceX and Tesla who also purchased X — made his first appearance at a Trump rally on Sunday and told the crowd: “As you can see I am not just MAGA — I am Dark MAGA.”Musk tried to portray Trump as a champion of free speech, arguing that Democrats want “to take away your freedom of speech, they want to take away your right to bear arms, they want to take away your right to vote, effectively.” Musk went on to criticize a California effort to ban voter ID requirements.When he took control of Twitter/X in 2022, Musk announced: “For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally.”But on Saturday, to mark his 180-degree turn toward MAGA and conspiracy theories, Musk tweeted: “Trump/Vance must win. I can’t handle four years of seeing and hearing four years of Kamala/Walz. That would be cruel and unusual punishment!”After Musk’s appearance, former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger called Musk a “weird dork [who] is the largest contractor to the US military despite his repeated conspiracies and anti American rhetoric. We must STOP that.”MORE POLITICAL COVERAGETrump ignites firestorm after revoking NYC congestion pricing: ‘We’ll see you in court’Liz Cheney shames Trump for his ‘devotion to Putin’Former top Republican uses Fox News headline to set Trump straight on UkraineMassive MAGA loyalist appears to break with Trump over Ukraine commentTrump’s favorite pollster trolls him with a loaded questionThe Associated Press contributed to this report. Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com.If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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He's one four of Maga’s most influential voices are fiftysomething white men with formative experiences in apartheid South Africa. 


They all bailed to US when apartheid was in process of being abolished.  They ran to stay rich white and in "power".