{"id":2410158,"date":"2025-03-05T15:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maxine-waters-suggests-we-dont-know-scope-of-musks-influence-over-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:56:18","slug":"maxine-waters-suggests-we-dont-know-scope-of-musks-influence-over-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maxine-waters-suggests-we-dont-know-scope-of-musks-influence-over-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxine Waters suggests \u2018we don\u2019t know\u2019 scope of Musk\u2019s influence over election &#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\">30<\/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%2Fmaxine-waters-suggests-we-dont-know-scope-of-musks-influence-over-election-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=2410158&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>Rep.Maxine Waters \u2064(D-CA) is conducting an\u200d investigation\u200d into Elon Musk&#8217;s potential interference in the upcoming 2024 elections. Waters expressed \u200dconcerns about Musk&#8217;s influence during a video stream, stating, &#8220;we don\u2019t know everything that Elon \u2063Musk has done&#8221; in relation to the election. She emphasized her determination \u200bto uncover any allegations \u200cagainst him,\u2062 including\u2064 his\u2064 involvement with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-round-of-schools-ditching-shakespeare-for-promoting-misogyny-racism-and-more\/\" title=\"New Round Of Schools Ditching Shakespeare For Promoting \u2018Misogyny, Racism,\u2019 And More\">high technology<\/a>. Waters has been \u200cvocal in\u2062 her opposition\u2062 to Musk&#8217;s influence,especially regarding his\u200c activities related \u200dto the Department of Government \u200cefficiency adn his support for Donald Trump through his super\u200b PAC,America PAC. \u200bMusk previously initiated a petition for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-shows-trump-cleaning-house-in-swing-states\/\" title=\"... dominates swing states in latest poll.\">swing\u200c state voters<\/a> and\u200d offered incentives \u2062for signatures,\u200c promoting a narrative that aligns with \u200bhis political endorsements. \u200cWaters has a \u200chistory \u2062of protesting Musk&#8217;s\u2063 role in the current governance.  <\/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\">Maxine Waters suggests &lsquo;we don&rsquo;t know&rsquo; scope of Musk&rsquo;s influence over election<\/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_2028741\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maxine-waters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Maxine Waters<\/a> (D-CA) said she was &ldquo;investigating&rdquo; <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> for interfering in the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2024 election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s been four months since President Donald Trump won 312 electoral votes and the popular vote. Since 2001, the Democratic Party has only lost the&nbsp;popular&nbsp;vote&nbsp;twice: once this most recent cycle and another time in&nbsp;2004. Meanwhile, former Vice President Kamala Harris outperformed her predecessor,  former President Joe Biden, in only 58 counties and lost every swing state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3337734\/house-oversight-committee-grills-eric-adams-michelle-wu\/\">WATCH LIVE: House Oversight Committee grills sanctuary city mayors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3334519\/elite-us-universities-partner-qatari-government-anti-american-media\/\">Elite US universities partner with arm of Qatari government pushing anti-American media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3333876\/price-controls-on-california-home-insurance-scrutinized-after-los-angeles-fires\/\">Price controls on California home insurance scrutinized after Los Angeles fires<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Waters has taken on a public crusade against Musk for his involvement in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And we don&rsquo;t know everything that Elon Musk has done, with his high technology ass,&rdquo; Waters said during a video stream that aired simultaneously with Trump&rsquo;s address to Congress on Tuesday. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t know what he&rsquo;s been accused of by some as it may relate to the election, but we&rsquo;re not going to give up in investigating and finding out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Maxine Waters: &#8220;Elon Musk with his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">high-tech ass<\/a> may have hacked our last election&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JlBvb4oAbe\">pic.twitter.com\/JlBvb4oAbe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1897287270430073287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ahead of the election, Musk&nbsp;<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=\"created a petition\">created a petition<\/a> for&nbsp;swing state&nbsp;voters and offered $47 for every referral that resulted in a signature via his pro-Trump&nbsp;super PAC, which was called the America PAC. Previously, it also hired canvassers in these swing states. Signers of the petition pledged their support for the First and Second amendments, which have been&nbsp;Musk&rsquo;s cited reasons for&nbsp;endorsing Trump. In an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3178774\/exclusive-elon-musk-says-destiny-of-america-is-on-the-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a>&nbsp;with the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>,&nbsp;Musk&nbsp;said this November would be &ldquo;the most important election in our lifetime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3336146\/scott-turner-accuses-maxine-waters-of-political-stunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"HUD SECRETARY ACCUSES MAXINE WATERS OF &lsquo;POLITICAL STUNT&rsquo;\">HUD SECRETARY ACCUSES MAXINE WATERS OF &lsquo;POLITICAL STUNT&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Musk was onstage with Trump during his Pennsylvania rally when he returned to Butler following the July 13 assassination attempt, which prompted Musk&rsquo;s public endorsement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Allegations against Musk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporters-notebook-state-of-the-race-for-senate-control-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...orter\u2019s Notebook: State of the race for Senate control - Washington Examiner\">election interference remain<\/a> to be seen. Waters has long protested against Musk&rsquo;s involvement in the administration with a demonstration outside the Education and Housing and Urban Development departments. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_2028741\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2028741\"}});<\/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>Maxine Waters claims we\u2019re unaware of Musk\u2019s election influence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2410159,"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\/08\/Maxine-Waters_DNC_2024_Chicago_221.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36753,32192,34525,32171,32076],"class_list":["post-2410158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election-influence","tag-elon-musk","tag-maxine-waters","tag-political-commentary","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Maxine-Waters_DNC_2024_Chicago_221.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410158","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2410158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2410162,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410158\/revisions\/2410162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2410158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2410158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2410158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}