Leah Feiger: So Trump brings Musk out, he calls him a really unimaginable man. Musk actually jumps into the air on stage, in what was captured in actually one of many cringiest photographs that I’ve seen on-line perhaps this yr, after which Musk talks to the gang for a few minutes. What does he say? Discuss us via that.
Vittoria Elliott: It is such a flip from 2020 when there’s all this suspicion round mail-in ballots, round early voting. Now all of a sudden we’re listening to, “Be sure to’re registered to vote, vote early, do that, try this, get everybody you already know to vote.” There’s this actually, actually massive get-out-the-vote push, and that’s what Elon was on. When the murderer’s bullet grazed Trump’s ear, he bought up and stated, “Struggle, struggle, struggle.” And Musk very consciously stated, “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 stated that bought a variety of response from the those that I used to be instantly round was he stated, “The Second—”
Elon Musk [Archival audio]: The Second Modification is there to make sure that we’ve the First Modification.
Vittoria Elliott: He was there to whip up the troops, to essentially communicate to the true believers, to push, push, push for voter turnout, as a result of I feel my sense with the best way that the MAGA motion is true now could be that they perceive what the Biden group understood in 2020 the place it is not about changing new individuals, it is about getting the individuals which might be already in your group mobilized. He stated, “This election is crucial election of our lifetime.” Fairly regular. I feel I’ve heard each politician say that for the final 20 years, however then he says, “It’s important to carry everybody you already know to vote. If they do not, this shall be—”
Elon Musk [Archival audio]: This would be the final election. That is my prediction. Nothing’s extra necessary, nothing’s extra necessary.
Vittoria Elliott: I even had some individuals 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. Loads of occasions when Musk is talking publicly or when he is interviewed, he’ll tamp again a number of the rhetoric that he spreads on-line. If we predict again to the Don Lemon interview, the place he was confronted concerning the nice alternative idea, he hedged slightly bit on that.