March 28, 2025

Musk's Financial Incentives & Wisconsin Elections, the Legality of Interfering with Elections and The Political Power HALF Hour with Steve Scaffidi

31 minutes

Today on Spanning the State Kristin Brey and Brian Noonan are fired up about Elon Musk and his relentless involvement in Wisconsin’s Spring Primary Supreme Court Race. Last night Musk announced in a now deleted tweet that he would be giving out $1 Million dollars at a rally this weekend for voters. Kristin and Brian discuss why they believe this is morally corrupt, and what this says about Schimel as a candidate. Kristin and Brian continue the conversation with Staff Attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School Bryna Godar to further discuss the legality of Musk’s financial incentives around this election. They discuss what may happen with the man who just won $1 Million in Green bay from Musk, what happened to the legal challenges on Musk’s incentives during the 2024 presidential election, and Trump’s recent executive order that mandates citizens to provide "documentary, government-issued proof of U.S. citizenship" on voter registration forms and bans clerks from counting absentee ballots received after Election Day, among other measures and what this means for our upcoming election. Steve Scaffidi joins Kristin and Brian for the Political Power HALF Hour. Today they recap their thoughts on the National Security Scandal involving messaging app Signal. They also share breaking news and get Steve's thoughts on the Wisconsin DOJ taking legal action to stop Elon Musk from interfering with the election with these financial incentives. He also shares his thoughts on this Trump administration and their battles with the legal system, as well as if these antics are helping the public image of Musk and the trump administration and Representative Elise Marie Stefanik and her devotion to the administration and role in Congress.

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