Elon Musk takes over ‘America’ handle on X to promote pro-Trump PAC: report
X owner Elon Mus๊k took over the @America handle on his social media platform and is using the account to push his support for Republican presidential candidate Don🍰ald Trump.
The world’s richest person, who attended Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend, has attached the handle to his pro-Trump super PAC, America Pac.
The account ha🧸d been registered to another user since 2010, but has been inactive the past four years, .
The platform is allowed to take over inactive accounts, ♎. The company does not provide a clear definition of an inactive account, though it encourages users to log in🍰 at least every 30 days to keep their account active.
The original @America user now has the account handle @Americ꧅a123_12. The posts from that account – some of which had criticized Trump and Musk – remain up under thﷺe new account handle.
“Just woke up and found out Donald TRUMP is the president of me?…..Brb,” the user wrote in a post from 2019.
When Musk posted “FREE AMERICA NOW” in 2020, the original @America user replied: “Freedom is not the question here, its safety. You’re irresp⛎onsible. Are 🎐you even a full time resident?”
The social media platform similarly seized the @X handle fro𝓡m its longtime user last year when the app rebranded under Musk’s ownership.
Musk’s personal account bio now dire🍌cts users to the @America to “understand why I’m supporting Trump for President.”
“Amer🔥ica PAC was created to support candidates who champion Secure Borders, Sensible Spending, Safe Cities, Fair Justice System, Free Speech and Self-Protectio🐬n,” the @America account bio read on Monday.
The America PAC is focused on registering voters and convincing Americans to vote early and via mail-in ballots in swing states — an effort to counter Democrats’ “get out the vote” campaigns.
The PAC is currently offering supporters $47 for each registered voter they rꦓefer who signs a petition in support of the First and Second Amendments.
The account also posted a video of Musk attending Sunday night’s NFL game in Pittsburgh between the Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys. The clip shows him waving a terrible towel from a suite during his visit to the key swing state.
The super PAC is reportedly backed by other major investors like Palantir Technologies co-♏founder Joe Lonsdale and the Winklevoss twins, .
Musk – the founder of Tesla and SpaceX – has grown incr🌳easingly outspoken in his support for Republican candidates.
On Saturday, he joined Trump on stage during a rally in Butlerꩲ, Pa. – the site♐ of the first assa༺ssination attempt on the former president.
“President Trump must win to preserve the Constitution,” Musk said. “He must win to prese🐟rve democracy in America.”
Musk has backed the Republican party financially, as well. In August, he cut a check to the National Republican Congressional Committee🌜 for $289,100, according to Federal Election Commission records.
