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Elon Musk is shredding the United States government. [1]

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Date: 2025-02-20

Elon Musk is shredding the United States government. But that’s not enough for him. Now, he wants to buy Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court as well.

Musk’s plan: put his bag man, Brad Schimel, on the court—so he can suppress votes, lock in the GOP’s House majority, re-rig state legislative maps, and prevent any check on himself and Trump.

Our plan: stop him.

Help us stop him.

Musk is hellbent on firing dedicated public servants who look out for regular folks instead of serving far-right billionaires. No wonder he doesn’t like Judge Susan Crawford. And if he succeeds here, your state is next.

Musk has tweeted. He’s run polls (pictured below). This week alone, Musk has bought more than $2 million in attack ads. It’s likely this is only the beginning.

But here’s the thing: day by day, Elon Musk is becoming politically radioactive.

Musk is doing everything he can to buy power. But as more and more Wisconsinites see what a flaming train wreck he is, his support for Brad Schimel becomes a bigger and bigger liability.

It’s all of our job to make it backfire.

Elon Musk is a hazard to our safety. Musk has fired people who:

🔴Make sure planes land safely

🔴Inspect food

🔴Research cures for cancer

🔴Track epidemics like bird flu

🔴Run the Veterans Administration

🔴Monitor nuclear stockpiles

Elon Musk even fired the health policy professionals responsible for making sure that his own brain implant company, Neuralink, doesn’t fry people’s brains.

He’s brewing up a nightmare for the country. And the country hates it.

Judge Susan Crawford, the candidate we’re backing, serves the public. She’s not beholden to right-wing billionaires. She administers justice fairly, instead of allowing the richest and most powerful people to get away with whatever they want.

Fair and impartial. That’s what most Wisconsinites look for in a judge.

For Elon Musk, that’s unacceptable. Musk wants a rubber stamp. In Brad Schimel, he’s found the MAGA rubber stamp of his dreams.

As Democrats, we’re fighting for a government that actually works for working people instead of far-right billionaires, fighting for the rule of law and freedom and democracy itself.

That fundamental idea is at risk nationwide—and it’s on the ballot in Wisconsin on April 1.

Musk and Trump are creating a dictatorship that rips away basic rights from women, workers, and anyone who doesn’t kiss their ring.

In this fight, we can make sure voters know that Brad Schimel is part of Elon Musk’s cabal.

We can make sure they lose this election, and that Judge Susan Crawford wins.

We can demonstrate that Elon Musk isn’t invulnerable. That corruption will be met with accountability. That we Democrats are getting up off the mat.

We don’t need Musk-level wealth to do this. We just need enough resources to sound the alarm.

Sign up to volunteer. Knock doors in the snow. Call voters. Chip in however much you can. Spread the word. It’s time to ramp our fight up to warp speed. The country, and the world, are watching.

Let’s show them that we know the stakes—and we’re going to rise to this moment.

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