{"id":14737,"date":"2025-03-22T16:12:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T16:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elon-musk-returns-to-his-trump-playbook-in-a-big-wisconsin-race\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T16:12:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T16:12:46","slug":"elon-musk-returns-to-his-trump-playbook-in-a-big-wisconsin-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elon-musk-returns-to-his-trump-playbook-in-a-big-wisconsin-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Returns to His Trump Playbook in a Big Wisconsin Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Much has changed since the last time Elon Musk tried to win an election in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Five months ago, his chosen candidate was Donald J. Trump. Mr. Musk did not work in the White House. It was unclear if the Department of Government Efficiency was more than just a meme. Mr. Musk was unproven as a political force, taking advantage of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-voter-outreach-super-pacs.html\" title=\"\">new campaign finance rules<\/a> to deploy an army of canvassers who could knock on Wisconsin doors millions of times. Mr. Trump ended up winning the state by about 30,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This spring, Mr. Musk is returning to that Badger State playbook \u2014 in an entirely different political world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk\u2019s chosen candidate is a hopeful for the State Supreme Court, Brad Schimel, whom the billionaire barely knows. Mr. Musk has become a main character in the country\u2019s politics as a White House super-aide. He is now subject to its ethics rules but is simultaneously throwing millions of dollars into pro-Trump causes. And Democrats are running hard against him and his government-gutting effort in the April 1 election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If Mr. Musk succeeds, conservatives will retake a 4-to-3 majority on the court and put themselves in a position to push the battleground state rightward on issues like abortion rights, labor rights and congressional maps. In a sign of the race\u2019s importance for conservatives, Mr. Trump <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/21\/us\/politics\/trump-schimel-wisconsin-supreme-court.html\" title=\"\">endorsed Judge Schimel<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMusk saw the benefit of his involvement in Wisconsin\u201d in 2024, former Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Working with Keith Gilkes, the longtime head of Mr. Walker\u2019s political operation who also oversaw Mr. Musk\u2019s work in Wisconsin last year, the former governor said he had begun late last year to strategize on how to make the billionaire pay attention to the court race \u2014 and pay for part of it. He drafted a plan that he said Mr. Gilkes circulated to Mr. Musk\u2019s team and others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Those Wisconsin Republicans couldn\u2019t have planned for the additional incentive that soon presented itself: A conservative-controlled court could be in a position to issue a Musk-friendly decision in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/tesla-wisconsin-court-blocking-opening-dealerships\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a lawsuit from his electric-car company, Tesla<\/a>, challenging Wisconsin\u2019s law prohibiting vehicle manufacturers from owning dealerships. On social media, Mr. Musk began to show interest in the Wisconsin court election eight days after Tesla filed the lawsuit in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The pitch from Mr. Walker and Mr. Gilkes? Run it back. \u201cYou were effective in Wisconsin, and you can be effective in this race again in Wisconsin,\u201d Mr. Walker said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And so Mr. Musk is largely sticking with the formula that worked last time: door-knockers, lots of money and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/20\/us\/politics\/elon-musk-wisconsin-petition.html\" title=\"\">even a similar petition<\/a> meant to identify and turn out conservative voters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk\u2019s super PAC, America PAC, has laid out $6.6 million so far. The group has assembled a canvassing operation of over 500 employees who have knocked on doors, with about 40 paid active canvassers in the Green Bay area, roughly 70 in the Madison area and more in Milwaukee and rural parts of the state, according to three people briefed on the operation. The super PAC has told its canvassing firms to cut their worst performers. The group declined to comment on its internal workings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Canvassers, most of them paid about $25 an hour or $1.50 a door, have flooded Wisconsin neighborhoods wearing white \u201cAMERICA\u201d lanyards with a badge that shows a photo of Mr. Trump raising a fist after the assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., last summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The group has knocked on over a million doors during this blitz, some of the people said. This week, the super PAC informed several of its door-knocking firms that it was cutting back on its overall targets in what Mr. Musk\u2019s group described to them as a reallocation of resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The race may be different, but the script is still Trumpy: Canvassers distribute literature that says a vote for Judge Schimel, who currently sits on a Waukesha County circuit court, would \u201ckeep President Trump\u2019s agenda moving forward.\u201d The brochures also feature a QR code that sends voters to a website where they can check their registration status, find early-voting locations and request mail-in ballots. Mr. Musk\u2019s super PAC is again hoping to turn out voters who don\u2019t always make it to the polls during early voting, which began Tuesday, or on Election Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The election is also more Musky: America PAC\u2019s canvassers are leaning more into the billionaire\u2019s celebrity than they did during the presidential race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI am with America PAC, an organization run by Elon Musk,\u201d reads part of one question that Wisconsin canvassers are reciting, according to a script seen by The New York Times. Later, they ask, \u201cCan President Trump and Elon Musk count on you to vote for Brad Schimel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">People involved in Mr. Musk\u2019s 2024 outreach considered their Wisconsin organization among their better-run efforts, and the field operation is led by the same strategists. But Mr. Musk\u2019s group jumped into this year\u2019s court contest months later than it entered the presidential race, giving itself only six weeks or so to help Judge Schimel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One difference from 2024: A nonprofit group that Mr. Musk has previously backed, Building America\u2019s Future, has spent about $4.5 million on the race, mostly on television. The group, which does not have to disclose its donors, claims to have improved Judge Schimel\u2019s polling by enough that the conservative side\u2019s ground game could tip the balance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWith people like Elon coming in, we\u2019re pretty much matching the Democrats dollar for dollar, and that never happens in Supreme Court races,\u201d said Scott Presler, a conservative activist whose work Mr. Musk supported with $1 million in Pennsylvania in 2024 and who is now involved in Wisconsin. Mr. Musk\u2019s first sign of interest in the race was his sharing of a social media post from Mr. Presler in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Presler added, \u201cElon is allowing for a playing field, which is all we ask for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Another, perhaps unsurprising, difference from 2024: Mr. Musk has not appeared quite as excited about Judge Schimel as he was about Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On X, Mr. Musk has expressed alarm about the involvement of the liberal billionaire George Soros in Wisconsin politics, and about how a liberal-controlled court could force a redrawing of the state\u2019s congressional map that would help Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections. When he shared the post from Mr. Presler, Mr. Musk said it was \u201cvery important\u201d for conservatives to win \u201cto prevent voting fraud\u201d in future elections. The race is seen as a tossup, and there is no reliable public polling on such elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Mr. Musk has not reposted viral content about Judge Schimel or his liberal opponent, Susan Crawford, and his posts about the race are far more sporadic. Democrats have tried to paint Judge Schimel as a stooge of the billionaire, and the judge has tried to distance himself from Mr. Musk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump, of course, has kept Mr. Musk rather close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And that is perhaps the most significant difference from last November: Mr. Musk is no longer a private citizen. He is Mr. Trump\u2019s right-hand man in trying to dismantle significant parts of federal agencies, working as a \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/05\/us\/politics\/elon-musk-special-government-employee-explainer.html\" title=\"\">special government employee<\/a>\u201d in the White House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Never before has a senior White House aide funded a super PAC that promotes the political agenda of his boss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from engaging in political activities while they are on the job, but it <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/osc.gov\/Documents\/Outreach%20and%20Training\/Handouts\/A%20Guide%20to%20the%20Hatch%20Act%20for%20Federal%20Employees.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">allows almost all of them<\/a> to donate to political campaigns. White House aides also frequently play roles in presidents\u2019 political operations, and doing so is legal as long as the work does not occur while they are acting in their official capacity, said Kedric Payne, a government ethics expert at the Campaign Legal Center, a watchdog group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere\u2019s no law that prohibits somebody from their First Amendment right of giving a contribution,\u201d Mr. Payne said. When Mr. Musk is not working for the White House, Mr. Payne added, \u201che is a citizen that can engage in this political and campaign activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since Mr. Musk joined the Trump administration, his super PAC has defended his government work and directed his supporters to follow his progress on his social media platform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The super PAC sent two emails this week to its list of supporters encouraging them to look at the website and X account of the Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Friday, the super PAC went a step further: It began selling DOGE-branded tumblers, hats and T-shirts for up to $35 a pop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Reid J. 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