X owner Elon Musk is offering Americans who publicly commit to supporting free speech a chance for lucrative prizes in his latest idea to encourage enthusiasm for protecting the First Amendment.
Musk explained the purpose of his petition-tied offer after leftist author Stephen King accusedhim of paying voters to register Republicans, noting the offer is meant to arouse support for constitutional rights among Americans of all political affiliations. People who sign Musk’s America PAC petition endorsing First and Second Amendment rights have a chance to win $1 million every day.
Musk posted, “All you need to do is sign the @America petition in support of the Constitutional rights to free speech & bear arms to have a daily chance of winning $1,000,000! You can be from any or no political party and you don’t even have to vote.”
The petition,which Musk promoted, states, “The First and Second Amendments guarantee freedom of speech and the right to bear arms.” It continued: “By signing below, I am pledging my support for the First and Second Amendments.” The petition does promise $47 for each registered voter an individual refers to sign the petition, but does not specify which political party.
Furthermore, the petition promises that one signer in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada, Wisconsin, or Michigan would receive $1 million every day between Oct. 22 and Election Day on Nov. 5.
Stephen King is one of many leftists who have targeted Musk and X for expressing support for free speech. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) are among the lawmakers who have pressured X to increase censorship. WIRED labeled Musk a “national security risk” while Financial Times warned he could be a “danger to democracy,” especially as Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president. Musk has himself been censored at least a dozen times, as MRC’s CensorTrack database shows.
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