Elon Musk Spoke at a Trump Rally, Referenced 'Dark MAGA,' and Urged Supporters to Vote
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“Get everyone you know, and everyone you don't know, drag them to register to vote,” said Elon Musk at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “If they don’t, this will be the last election. That’s my prediction.”

“Get everyone you know, and everyone you don’t know, drag them to register to vote,” said Elon Musk at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “If they don’t, this will be the last election. That’s my prediction.”

🗳️ Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    861·
    1 month ago

    Aha.

    Trump later invited Musk on stage. The X owner walked on wearing a black blazer over a shirt saying “Occupy Mars” and a black MAGA hat. “As you can see, I’m not just MAGA,” said Musk. “I’m dark MAGA.” Dark MAGA is a memecoin, a type of cryptocurrency inspired by online trends. The valuation of Dark MAGA soared right around the time that Musk spoke.

    Now it makes sense.

    Also, I am really enjoying their new, desperate voter registration drive. I think they figured out that a bunch of January 6th insurrectionists didn’t even bother voting.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      1 month ago

      That’s it, just grifting a shitcoin? Are we sure there isn’t some kind of paramilitant dog whistle or something that the article writer missed?

      • Mirshe@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 month ago

        Could honestly be both. I dimly remember “dark MAGA” being a thing in 2020 to denote the weird racist accelerationists.

    • Mîm@lemmy.zip
      61·
      1 month ago

      “I’m dark MAGA.” Dark MAGA is a memecoin, a type of cryptocurrency inspired by online trends. The valuation of Dark MAGA soared right around the time that Musk spoke.

      He can’t let a chance to pump 'n dump a shitcoin pass, can he?

      • Billiam@lemmy.world
        8·
        1 month ago

        He’s like the “Spongebob-as-Quickster” meme:

        Wanna see me pump and dump crypto?

        …Wanna see me do it again?