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Musk-Backed Super PAC Shakes Up Pro-Trump Field Program [1]

['Theodore Schleifer']

Date: 2024-07-31  

A new super PAC with ties to Elon Musk is shaking up its field operation, in a major change to what has been envisioned as a significant canvassing program working on behalf of former President Donald J. Trump.

The decision is a stark reversal for the group, America PAC, and reveals a rocky start for Mr. Musk and his allies in their first stab at significant political work.

The super PAC has one of the most ambitious plans of any outside group seeking to influence the 2024 presidential election. It hopes to spend enormous sums to effectively build a new G.O.P. ground game that could coordinate with the Trump campaign in a novel way.

But things are off to a rocky start. The group had already paid millions of dollars to a field vendor to begin its canvassing operations, which are, for now, in disarray. It had hopes of spending upward of $160 million on the endeavor, and its planned budget and schedule had already struck some Republican paid-canvassing experts who have followed its operations as highly aggressive.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/us/politics/trump-musk-super-pac.html

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