Elon Musk, a strong supporter of former President Donald Trump, was in Ridley Township, Delaware County, on Thursday calling on Pennsylvanians to register to vote.
Musk, the richest man in the world, participated in a town hall at Ridley High School in Folsom.
At the town hall, Musk spoke about the Second Amendment, crime in cities, immigration and more. He called Pennsylvania the “pivot” for the 2024 elections.
“I’m here for a very important reason, which is – I can’t emphasize this enough – Pennsylvania is, I think, the linchpin in this election,” Musk said. “These elections, I believe, will determine the fate of America, and along with the fate of America, the fate of Western civilization.”
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The town hall was part of a series of lectures Musk is giving in Pennsylvania considered one of the most important battlegrounds in the 2024 elections. It was organized by America PAC, a pro-Trump super PAC owned by Musk.
The super PAC has spent more than $113 million in the 2024 election cycle, according to the nonprofit political finance tracker OpenSecrets.
America PAC required participants at Ridley High School to sign a petition in support of the First and Second Amendments be a registered voter in the state to enter the town hall.
The “Petition in Favor of Freedom of Speech and the Right to Bear Arms” offers supporters $47 for every registered voter in seven battleground states they can get to sign the petition. The winner of these elections will be the country’s 47th president.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign also hosted a voter information event in West Philly on Thursday morning.
The super PAC has other town halls with Musk planned in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, although the dates and times for those events are still listed as TBD. Musk says his series of calls will run from Thursday through Monday, October 21.
Musk appeared on the campaign trail with Trump at his second rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, earlier in October, nearly three months after an assassination attempt on the former president.
