{"id":1052280,"date":"2025-03-31T14:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1052280"},"modified":"2025-03-31T14:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:22:14","slug":"icymi-ahead-of-wi-supreme-court-election-in-new-paid-campaign-dnc-blasts-elon-musk-for-trying-to-buy-seat-on-the-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-ahead-of-wi-supreme-court-election-in-new-paid-campaign-dnc-blasts-elon-musk-for-trying-to-buy-seat-on-the-court\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Ahead of WI Supreme Court Election, in New Paid Campaign, DNC Blasts Elon Musk for Trying to Buy Seat on the Court\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ahead of the upcoming April 1 election, the DNC is laying out the stakes of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. In the DNC\u2019s first paid ad campaign calling out Elon Musk, the DNC blanketed seven Wisconsin newspapers, exposing Musk for spending millions in the race to further his own corporate interests. As Musk funnels millions of dollars into a far-right candidate willing to be his and Trump\u2019s puppet \u2013 and even pledges $1 million checks to Wisconsin voters who support Schimel \u2013 the DNC is making it clear that, once again, Trump and Musk\u2019s only priority is to enrich billionaires, not hardworking Wisconsinites.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow\u2019s Supreme Court election is critical to show Elon Musk once and for all that he cannot buy local elections and Wisconsinites don\u2019t want him meddling in our federal government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DNC and Wisconsin voters have one simple message for Elon Musk: Wisconsin is not for sale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a look at some of the coverage from the full-page newspaper ads: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/a>: Ahead of Supreme Court Race, DNC Shows Wisconsin Musk\u2019s Salute<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Tessa Stuart, 3\/28\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Point:<\/em><\/strong> \u201cAcross Wisconsin this weekend, voters will open their newspapers to see Elon Musk delivering a straight-arm salute behind Brad Schimel, the Republican nominee for Wisconsin Supreme Court, whose campaign Musk\u2019s organizations have been boosting ahead of the April 1 election. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018On April 1, Wisconsinites get the chance to say what Americans across this country are thinking: \u201cGo to hell, Elon,\u201d\u2019 DNC Chair Ken Martin said in a statement shared with Rolling Stone. \u2018Billionaires have no business deciding our elections and Wisconsinites deserve a Supreme Court justice who looks out for them, not the ultra-wealthy. Now and forever, Wisconsin is not for sale.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/strong><\/a>: DNC ad: Musk trying to buy seat on Wisconsin Supreme Court<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Jared Gans, 3\/28\/25] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Point: <\/em><\/strong>\u201cThe Democratic National Committee (DNC) is taking out a series of ads in Wisconsin newspapers accusing Elon Musk of attempting to buy a state Supreme Court seat ahead of the election Tuesday. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe DNC said in a release that it is \u2018blanketing\u2019 more than a half dozen local Wisconsin newspapers to call out Musk, following its announcement that it plans to reach 2 million voters to rally support for Crawford. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018On April 1, Wisconsinites get the chance to say what Americans across this country are thinking: \u201cGo to hell, Elon,\u201d\u2019 DNC Chair Ken Martin said in the release. \u2018Wisconsinites deserve a Supreme Court justice who looks out for them, not the ultra-wealthy. Now and forever, Wisconsin is not for sale.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA Today<\/strong><\/a>: Wisconsin Supreme Court race heats up as Democrats take aim at Elon Musk’s involvement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Savannah Kuchar, 3\/28\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Point: <\/em><\/strong>\u201cThe Democratic National Committee announced they are publishing ads over the weekend in several local Wisconsin papers targeting the world’s richest man.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Elon Musk is trying to buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat for Brad Schimel,\u2019 the ad reads in bolded letters \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Billionaires have no business deciding our elections and Wisconsinites deserve a Supreme Court justice who looks out for them, not the ultra-wealthy,\u2019 DNC Chair Ken Martin. \u2018Now and forever, Wisconsin is not for sale.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/strong><\/a>: DNC ad buy goes after Musk\u2019s involvement in Wisconsin court race<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Patrick Svitek and Meryl Kornfield, 3\/28\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Point: <\/em><\/strong>\u201cThe Democratic National Committee is running ads over the weekend in seven Wisconsin newspapers warning that Musk is \u2018trying to buy\u2019 a seat on the court for Brad Schimel, the GOP-backed candidate in Tuesday\u2019s election.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018WISCONSIN IS NOT FOR SALE,\u2019 the ad says, showing grainy black-and-white images of Schimel and Musk. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Democratic National Committee is billing the newspaper ads as its \u2018first paid media explicitly calling out Musk.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News<\/strong><\/a>: Elon Musk becomes DNC\u2019s target in high-stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court showdown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Breanne Deppisch, 3\/28\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Point: <\/em><\/strong>\u201cThe Democratic National Committee (DNC) launched its first-ever ad buy Friday targeting Elon Musk and the millions of dollars he has injected into the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, previewing what could be a broader strategy for the party going forward. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMusk \u2018has threatened Medicare, gutted Social Security services, and now he thinks he can buy himself a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court,\u2019 DNC Chair Ken Martin said in a statement Friday. \u2018That\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.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDNC officials told Fox News Digital that the ads will run in seven local newspapers across the state \u2013 the Chippewa Herald, the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, the Beloit Daily News, the Daily Jefferson County Union, the Janesville Gazette, the Watertown Daily Times and the Oshkosh Northwestern \u2013 and highlight the message, \u2018Wisconsin is not for sale.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTUS<\/strong><\/a>: The DNC Goes After Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Nuha Dolby, 3\/28\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Point: <\/em><\/strong>\u201cThe Democratic National Committee will take out full-page ads in seven local Wisconsin papers in the final stretch before the state\u2019s April 1 Supreme Court election, marking the first time the DNC has used paid media to explicitly go after Musk. The billionaire has spent millions on the race, and the election is viewed as a litmus test for his status as GOP kingmaker \u2014 or as a political liability.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe advertisement includes a photo of conservative candidate Brad Schimel; he\u2019s in front an image of Musk making a gesture during an event celebrating Trump\u2019s inauguration that looked like a Nazi salute (Musk denied it was a Nazi salute). The ad\u2019s captions read, \u2018Elon Musk is trying to buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat for Brad Schimel\u2019 and \u2018WISCONSIN IS NOT FOR SALE.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018On April 1, Wisconsinites get the chance to say what Americans across this country are thinking: \u201cGo to hell, Elon,\u201d\u2019 the DNC\u2019s chair, Ken Martin, said in a statement about the ad buy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ahead of the upcoming April 1 election, the DNC is laying out the stakes of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. In the DNC\u2019s first paid ad campaign calling out Elon Musk, the DNC blanketed seven Wisconsin newspapers, exposing Musk for spending millions in the race to further his own corporate interests. As Musk funnels millions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nICYMI: Ahead of WI Supreme Court Election, in New Paid Campaign, DNC Blasts Elon Musk for Trying to Buy Seat on the Court\u00a0 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-ahead-of-wi-supreme-court-election-in-new-paid-campaign-dnc-blasts-elon-musk-for-trying-to-buy-seat-on-the-court\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-31T18:22:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-31T18:22:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-ahead-of-wi-supreme-court-election-in-new-paid-campaign-dnc-blasts-elon-musk-for-trying-to-buy-seat-on-the-court\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-ahead-of-wi-supreme-court-election-in-new-paid-campaign-dnc-blasts-elon-musk-for-trying-to-buy-seat-on-the-court\/\",\"name\":\"ICYMI: Ahead of WI Supreme Court Election, in New Paid Campaign, DNC Blasts Elon Musk for Trying to Buy Seat on the Court\u00a0 - 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