Leah Feiger: So Trump brings Musk out, he calls him a very unimaginable man. Musk actually jumps into the air on stage, in what was captured in actually one of many cringiest images that I’ve seen on-line perhaps this yr, after which Musk talks to the gang for a few minutes. What does he say? Discuss us via that.
Vittoria Elliott: It is such a flip from 2020 when there’s all this suspicion round mail-in ballots, round early voting. Now immediately we’re listening to, “Be sure to’re registered to vote, vote early, do that, try this, get everybody you understand to vote.” There’s this actually, actually huge get-out-the-vote push, and that’s what Elon was on. When the murderer’s bullet grazed Trump’s ear, he bought up and stated, “Combat, combat, combat.” And Musk very consciously stated, “Vote, vote, vote.” And everybody within the crowd instantly noticed that parallel that—
Leah Feiger: I imply, he drew it. Yeah.
Vittoria Elliott: Folks have been very into that, and one of many issues that Musk stated that bought plenty of response from the folks that I used to be straight round was he stated, “The Second—”
Elon Musk [Archival audio]: The Second Modification is there to make sure that now we have the First Modification.
Vittoria Elliott: He was there to whip up the troops, to essentially communicate to the true believers, to push, push, push for voter turnout, as a result of I believe my sense with the best way that the MAGA motion is correct now’s that they perceive what the Biden workforce understood in 2020 the place it isn’t about changing new individuals, it is about getting the individuals which can be already in your workforce mobilized. He stated, “This election is an important election of our lifetime.” Fairly regular. I believe I’ve heard each politician say that for the final 20 years, however then he says, “It’s a must to deliver everybody you understand to vote. If they do not, this shall be—”
Elon Musk [Archival audio]: This would be the final election. That is my prediction. Nothing’s extra vital, nothing’s extra vital.
Vittoria Elliott: I even had some individuals repeat that to me on the best way out of the rally, and that’s additionally one thing he has been very public about saying on X, even earlier than coming to this rally. A number of occasions when Musk is talking publicly or when he is interviewed, he’ll tamp again a number of the rhetoric that he spreads on-line. If we predict again to the Don Lemon interview, the place he was confronted in regards to the nice alternative idea, he hedged a bit bit on that.
