Leah Feiger: So Trump brings Musk out, he calls him a very unimaginable man. Musk actually jumps into the air on stage, in what was captured in actually one of many cringiest pictures that I’ve seen on-line possibly this yr, after which Musk talks to the gang for a few minutes. What does he say? Discuss us by way of that.
Vittoria Elliott: It is such a flip from 2020 when there’s all this suspicion round mail-in ballots, round early voting. Now immediately we’re listening to, “Ensure you’re registered to vote, vote early, do that, try this, get everybody you understand to vote.” There’s this actually, actually huge get-out-the-vote push, and that’s what Elon was on. When the murderer’s bullet grazed Trump’s ear, he received up and mentioned, “Struggle, battle, battle.” And Musk very consciously mentioned, “Vote, vote, vote.” And everybody within the crowd instantly noticed that parallel that—
Leah Feiger: I imply, he drew it. Yeah.
Vittoria Elliott: Folks had been very into that, and one of many issues that Musk mentioned that received a number of response from the those that I used to be instantly round was he mentioned, “The Second—”
Elon Musk [Archival audio]: The Second Modification is there to make sure that now we have the First Modification.
Vittoria Elliott: He was there to whip up the troops, to actually communicate to the true believers, to push, push, push for voter turnout, as a result of I believe my sense with the best way that the MAGA motion is correct now could be that they perceive what the Biden group understood in 2020 the place it isn’t about changing new folks, it is about getting the folks which are already in your group mobilized. He mentioned, “This election is an important election of our lifetime.” Fairly regular. I believe I’ve heard each politician say that for the final 20 years, however then he says, “You must deliver everybody you understand to vote. If they do not, this will probably be—”
Elon Musk [Archival audio]: This would be the final election. That is my prediction. Nothing’s extra vital, nothing’s extra vital.
Vittoria Elliott: I even had some folks repeat that to me on the best way out of the rally, and that’s additionally one thing he has been very public about saying on X, even earlier than coming to this rally. Plenty of occasions when Musk is talking publicly or when he is interviewed, he’ll tamp again a few of the rhetoric that he spreads on-line. If we expect again to the Don Lemon interview, the place he was confronted in regards to the nice substitute principle, he hedged a bit of bit on that.
