A $1 million check, for most people, would be a life-changing sum.
This is, of course, thesame playbookMusk used to boostDonald Trumpin the 2024 election.
Musk spoke to a crowd of more than 1,000 people Sunday.
Musk holds a check for $1 million at a town hall on March 30 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.Jeffrey Phelps/AP
They are boosting Judge Brad Schimel, who previously served as Wisconsins Republican attorney general.
Duffys Department of Transportation regulates Musks electric vehicle company Tesla as well as his space company SpaceX.
Wisconsins Republican senator, Ron Johnson, spoke too.
That statement quickly drew a lawsuit from Wisconsins Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul.
Judgeshaverefusedto step in to block the payments.
A few hundred protesters picketed outside America PACs event Sunday afternoon.
A group held a series of large canvas signs that together said: WI is not for sale.
One held a sign designed as a TV-style check for Schimel.
One woman, Sandy, held a sign reading: X-LAX needed to eliminate Musk.
She tellsRolling Stoneshe came out to protest Musk because hes in town and trying to buy votes.
She adds, He has no business in Wisconsin trying to influence votes.
He declined to speak withRolling Stone, suggesting his words would be twisted.
Supporters cheered when a group of attendees drove up in a Tesla Cybertruck.
One man who got out of the car posed for a picture in front of it.
The court found many of the Republican-drawn district lines to be unconstitutional, so the map was redrawn.
He was interrupted several times by protesters inside the town hall.
Both times, Musk suggested they were operatives funded by liberal mega-donor George Soros.
The Trumpy crowd shouted down the protesters, chanting USA!
It adds: Wisconsin Is Not For Sale.
