{"id":1052256,"date":"2025-03-28T09:06:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1052256"},"modified":"2025-03-28T09:06:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:06:27","slug":"new-ahead-of-april-1-elections-dnc-blankets-wisconsin-newspapers-to-call-out-elon-musks-scheme-to-buy-wisconsin-election-for-brad-schimel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-ahead-of-april-1-elections-dnc-blankets-wisconsin-newspapers-to-call-out-elon-musks-scheme-to-buy-wisconsin-election-for-brad-schimel\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Ahead of April 1 Elections, DNC Blankets Wisconsin Newspapers to Call Out Elon Musk\u2019s Scheme to Buy Wisconsin Election for Brad Schimel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As Elon Musk pours millions of dollars into an upcoming Wisconsin election to support a politician willing to do his bidding, the DNC will remind Wisconsin voters that \u201cWisconsin is not for sale\u201d ahead of Election Day <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, April 1, Wisconsinites will get the chance to elect candidates up and down the ballot, including a new justice to determine the balance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The high-stakes state Supreme Court race has caught the attention of Elon Musk, who has given more than $19 million supporting far-right candidate Brad Schimel, as his company Tesla anticipates pushing a lawsuit<\/a> through the court. Case in point: in yet another attempt to influence the election, this week, Musk gave<\/a> a Wisconsin voter who signed a petition targeting Crawford $1 million. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Today, in its first paid media explicitly calling out Musk, the DNC announced it is blanketing local Wisconsin newspapers with ads exposing Musk\u2019s meddling in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. This follows an announcement<\/a> earlier this month to reach 2 million Wisconsin voters ahead of the April 1 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musk knows the right-wing extremist candidate will do billionaires\u2019 bidding no matter the costs to Wisconsin families. The DNC has one message for Musk: Wisconsin is not for sale.\u00a0<\/strong>

\u201cElon Musk has threatened Medicare, gutted Social Security services, and now he thinks he can buy himself a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. That\u2019s why, today, the DNC is out with our first paid media explicitly calling out Musk for his attempts to meddle in Wisconsin\u2019s elections. On April 1, Wisconsinites get the chance to say what Americans across this country are thinking: \u2018Go to hell, Elon,\u2019\u201d said DNC Chair Ken Martin. <\/strong>\u201cWisconsinites deserve a Supreme Court justice who looks out for them, not the ultra-wealthy. Now and forever, Wisconsin is not for sale.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ads will appear in the following newspapers across Wisconsin:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n