Elon Musk hosts town hall in McKees Rocks, gives away $1 million

MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. — Elon Musk joined Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick at an event in McKees Rocks.

The event was held at the Roxian Theater on Sunday.

The stop was part of a series of town halls Musk has been headlining.

In order to attend the town halls, attendees must sign a petition to support a PAC stated by Musk. Those attendees must also be registered to vote.

Musk gave a $1 million check to a woman who was randomly selected. He has been doing this at each of the town halls.

He also talked about the integrity of voting and expressed concerns about using machines on election day.

Musk brought Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick on stage as a special guest.

McCormick said he felt Elon Musk had “lived the American dream,” and encouraged people to go out and vote.

The town hall events and the money being given out with them have gathered attention from across the country. Governor Josh Shapiro has also spoken about them.

“Musk obviously has a right to be able to express his views. He’s made it very, very clear that he supports Donald Trump. I don’t. Obviously we have a difference of opinion,” Shapiro said, adding: “I don’t deny him that, right, but when you start flowing this kind of money into politics, I think it raises serious questions.”

The Harris campaign shared statements from the AFL-CIO in response to Musk’s swing through the area.

“Trump cannot state more plainly the lack of respect he has for working people. We have him at a rally admitting to committing wage theft, we have him telling auto workers their jobs could be done by children, we have him telling our teachers he’ll defund their schools if he disagrees with their free speech, and now Trump’s having his billionaire buddy come to Pennsylvania to launder his agenda. I’m completely unsurprised that this is who he chooses to ally himself with,” said Angela Ferritto, President of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO.

“I understand what Musk gets out of this. He’s working hand-in-glove with other billionaires to try to dismantle the NLRB and roll back labor protections. What these men share is a disdain for labor protections that benefit workers,” added Maurice Cobb, Secretary-Treasurer of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO. “When they get together, they laugh about firing workers who go on strike. I’ve never met a struggling worker—union or not—who thought being fired was funny. Pennsylvanians are sick of out-of-state and out-of-touch billionaires trying to buy our votes.”

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