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Michael Rader

@theoryof.games

chaotic good xennial blue team digital strategist. fmr solar policy wonk, currently political data ops. Passions incl. climate policy, sci-fi, games, rpgs, Michigan + DC. AKA indie game studio Theory of Games. Immunocompromised + antifascist.

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MRtheoryof.gamesOct 16, 2024 3:07pm

winning

Some of the concerns and complaints about the Musk-led operation have already trickled out publicly. GOP operatives and activists in toss-up states are saying they have seen little trace of America PAC’s canvassers at work. The group has switched canvassing vendors twice in the closing months of the campaign and, according to its website, the Super PAC is still looking to hire door-knockers just three weeks before Election Day.

In an interview with the Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro last week, Trump was either unwilling or unable to address concerns about his team’s GOTV strategy when Shapiro suggested he’d been hearing lackluster reviews about the Team Trump ground game in tipping-point states.

Beyond any logistical shortcomings, America PAC exhibits Musk’s unmistakable sense of cringe meme humor in its ads. The group has also started featuring screenshots of Musk’s X posts and pictures of Musk in its ads on Facebook. Some of the ads are just plain sloppy: One Facebook ad calling on Pennsylvanians to “STOP THE INVASION” features a photo of refugees who were detained in Greece over a decade ago.

Meanwhile, the Super PAC is apparently devoting considerable resources to collecting one million signatures on a purely symbolic petition supporting the First and Second Amendments, paying people $47 for every registered voter they refer who adds their name to the petition. It’s unclear how this would have any discernible effect on voter turnout.

Michael Rader

@theoryof.games

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