{"id":2351602,"date":"2024-10-07T10:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T14:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musks-support-for-trump-connects-with-ethos-of-american-working-man-salena-zito-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T10:57:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T14:57:23","slug":"musks-support-for-trump-connects-with-ethos-of-american-working-man-salena-zito-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musks-support-for-trump-connects-with-ethos-of-american-working-man-salena-zito-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk\u2019s support for Trump connects with \u2018ethos of American working man\u2019: Salena Zito &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusks-support-for-trump-connects-with-ethos-of-american-working-man-salena-zito-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2351602&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In \u200ca recent analysis by Salena Zito, \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-bush-speechwriter-says-trump-supporters-should-lay-off-the-fried-foods-and-order-salmon-instead\/\" title=\"Former Bush Speechwriter Says Trump Supporters Should Lay Off The \u2018Fried Foods\u2019 And \u2018Order Salmon\u2019 Instead\">senior columnist<\/a> for the Washington Examiner, the\u200d influence of billionaire Elon Musk&#8217;s support for former President Donald Trump is highlighted as a significant asset for Trump&#8217;s \u20642024 campaign. Musk&#8217;s participation in a\u200d rally\u2063 in Butler, Pennsylvania, demonstrates their shared \u200dappeal \u200dto voters, \u200dparticularly due to their accomplishments and work ethic. Zito asserts that both figures resonate with \u2063the American working class, showcasing substantial achievements that inspire\u200b admiration among their followers.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s endorsement of Trump came shortly after a serious incident at a previous rally, reinforcing \u2063his commitment as he described\u2062 Trump \u2064as &#8220;the actual path to a democratic future.&#8221; Zito contrasts the open\u2062 nature of Trump&#8217;s rallies with those of Vice President Kamala Harris, suggesting that \u200cHarris\u2019s invitation-only events hinder her ability\u200c to gauge voter enthusiasm \u200beffectively. Zito emphasizes the importance of Pennsylvania in the upcoming election, noting \u2063its shift towards conservatism since the 2010s, indicating a highly competitive \u2062race ahead.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Musk&rsquo;s support for Trump connects with &lsquo;ethos of American working man&rsquo;: Salena Zito<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1777869\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> Senior Columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/salena-zito\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Salena Zito<\/a> argued billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Elon Musk&rsquo;s<\/a> support for former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> is a key asset to the Trump campaign, largely due to Musk&rsquo;s work ethic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3178528\/trump-revels-in-return-to-butler-with-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Musk joined the former president at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania<\/a>, on Saturday, during which he spoke to the attendees about the need to support Trump in November. Zito contended that the support Musk offers to Trump is &ldquo;really big,&rdquo; citing how both of them share a similar level of appeal with their fans.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These are men that people, men and women, look at and see they do things, they accomplish things,&rdquo; Zito said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox Report with Jon Scott<\/em>. &ldquo;Think about how Trump remade, I think it was the ice rink in New York City, right? He brought that back to life. He built things. He made things better. The same can be said for Elon Musk. People on one level think, &lsquo;He&rsquo;s rich, he&rsquo;s eccentric.&rsquo; Well, people in the middle of the country&rsquo;s like, &lsquo;He goes to the next frontier, the Wild West. He goes to space. He does humanitarian work with Starlink in North Carolina.&rsquo; He makes things. He doesn&rsquo;t tell you you have to buy an EV but uses the innovation to make new things. And that&rsquo;s sort of the ethos of the American working man.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2630818&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=dcf6ea87d04e574f1c37db9c244c5ae0\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Musk endorsed Trump&rsquo;s 2024 presidential run in the hours after the first assassination attempt on Trump, which also took place at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July. During his visit to Trump&rsquo;s Butler rally on Saturday, Musk told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3178774\/exclusive-elon-musk-says-destiny-of-america-is-on-the-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Trump represents &ldquo;the actual path to a democratic future&rdquo;<\/a> and contended that those deeming Trump a threat to the nation&rsquo;s democracy are actually the threat to democracy.<\/p>\n<p>When comparing Trump&rsquo;s rallies to Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> rallies, Zito noted that Harris&rsquo;s events are &ldquo;invite-only,&rdquo; making it hard for her to gauge her voter enthusiasm. She noted that Harris is hosting an event with former President Barack Obama this Thursday, saying she was &ldquo;very interested&rdquo; in seeing how big a draw he would be for Pennsylvania in 2024, a state she argued has become more conservative since the 2010s.<\/p>\n<p>While talking about how the 2024 race is incredibly close in Pennsylvania, Zito suggested that the former president has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pining-for-pennsylvania-republicans-battle-to-take-on-susan-wild-and-save-house-majority\/\" title=\"Craving Pennsylvania: GOP fights for Susan Wild&#039;s seat to secure House control\">slight advantage due<\/a> to how Harris is struggling to connect with working-class voters. Pennsylvania is coveted within the Electoral College, with Trump and Harris frequently visiting it on the 2024 campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a bid to help Trump in the 2024 election, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3179028\/musk-pac-47-swing-state-voter-referral-sign-free-speech-petition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Musk&rsquo;s America PAC is offering $47 for every referral<\/a> that results in signing a petition saying they will support free speech and the Second Amendment. Only voters in swing states &mdash; Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina &mdash; are eligible for the payments, and they must refer people by Oct. 21.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-donalds-predicts-swing-states-undecided-voters-will-break-toward-trump-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Byron Donalds predicts swing states\u2019 undecided voters will \u2018break\u2019 toward Trump - Washington Examiner\">recent poll surveying 1<\/a>,000 likely voters found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3173331\/pennsylvania-polling-presidential-race-dead-heat\/\">Trump and Harris are virtually tied in Pennsylvania<\/a>, with both garnering 48% support against a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1777869\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1777869\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musk&#8217;s backing of Trump resonates with American workers, says Zito<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2351603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Trump-and-Elon-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[42481,4250,3634],"class_list":["post-2351602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-american-working-man","tag-musk","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Trump-and-Elon-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2351602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2351603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2351602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2351602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2351602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}