{"id":2404936,"date":"2025-02-20T23:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-pours-1-million-into-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T23:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:12:08","slug":"musk-pours-1-million-into-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-pours-1-million-into-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk pours $1 million into Wisconsin Supreme Court race &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fmusk-pours-1-million-into-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-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=2404936&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>Elon musk is investing $1 million to\u200d support Brad Schimel, a\u200c conservative candidate for teh Wisconsin Supreme\u200c Court. This marks Musk&#8217;s return to political funding after previously contributing \u200baround \u2064$300 \u200bmillion\u2062 to Donald Trump&#8217;s\u2063 campaign. The funding\u200d is part of Musk&#8217;s America PAC, launching a canvassing \u2062effort aimed at encouraging voter \u200dturnout for the april 1 election. Schimel&#8217;s opponent, Susan Crawford,\u2062 is vying \u200cfor a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-candidate-flips-wisconsin-supreme-court\/\" title=\"...-Backed Candidate Flips ...\">ten-year term<\/a>,\u200c with the\u200c winner affecting the court&#8217;s stance on issues \u200dlike abortion. \u200bMusk&#8217;s involvement\u2064 may also stem from frustration \u2063with Wisconsin&#8217;s government, which hindered Tesla&#8217;s dealership operations. Additionally,\u200b the organization Building America&#8217;s Future is \u2062contributing $1.6 million to Schimel&#8217;s campaign. Musk has expressed intentions to combat Democratic\u200c influences, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">targeting meaningful\u2063 elections \u2063ahead<\/a>.  <\/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 pours $1 million into helping conservative in Wisconsin Supreme Court race<\/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_1999845\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> is dipping back into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/campaigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">campaign<\/a> politics months after helping elect President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s America PAC has a $1 million canvassing operation in support of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel, a conservative.<\/p>\n<p>The spending is Musk&rsquo;s first campaign-related efforts since the presidential election. He spent close to $300 million to help elect President Donald Trump after latching on to the MAGA movement following the first assassination attempt against Trump&rsquo;s life last July.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/20\/us\/politics\/elon-musk-wisconsin-supreme-court.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">According to the<\/a> <em>New York Times<\/em>, pamphlets delivered to some Wisconsin homes said &ldquo;President Trump needs you to get out and vote,&rdquo; with a link to a website helping people to register to vote or learn about how to vote early.<\/p>\n<p>Waukesha County&rsquo;s Schimel is running against Dane County&rsquo;s Susan Crawford for a 10-year Wisconsin Supreme Court term with liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley retiring. Whoever wins Bradley&rsquo;s spot will capture the majority on the bench.<\/p>\n<p>A conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court could alter the state&rsquo;s abortion laws. All will be decided when voters go to the polls on April 1 for what&rsquo;s expected to be the most expensive judicial contest ever.<\/p>\n<p>The current most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-take-back-control-of-virginia-house-in-statewide-upset\/\" title=\"Republicans Take Back Control of Virginia House in Statewide Upset\">expensive race<\/a> was when Justice Janet Protasiewicz was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2023 after $55 million was spent.<\/p>\n<p>Musk also appears to have a personal vendetta against the state&rsquo;s government, which blocked Tesla from having dealerships there. He challenged the state in court over the decision in January, saying <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1882394525743927403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">over a week later<\/a> that it&rsquo;s &ldquo;very important to vote Republican for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to prevent voting fraud.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Building America&rsquo;s Future, which is tied more loosely with Musk, is also donating $1.6 million to Schimel, a former state attorney general.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3228342\/department-of-government-efficiency-what-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHAT IS DOGE? WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the extended absence, Musk said on election night that his PAC would continue to seek out races to counteract Democratic donor George Soros. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Something has to be done to counter the damage that Soros has done to the American system,&rdquo; he said, adding that the group is &ldquo;going to aim to weigh in heavily on the midterms and intermediate elections.&rdquo;<\/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_1999845\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1999845\"}});<\/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 invests $1 million in Wisconsin Supreme Court race for conservative candidate Brad Schimel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2404937,"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\/2025\/01\/AP25020570998788.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50780,4250,42967,32076,33712],"class_list":["post-2404936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-1-million-donation","tag-musk","tag-political-finance","tag-washington-examiner","tag-wisconsin-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25020570998788.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404936","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404936"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404940,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404936\/revisions\/2404940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}