GREEN BAY, Wis. — Elon Musk , the world’s richest man, delivered $1 million checks to two of his supporters on Sunday evening at his town hall, saying the point of giving out these payments is to “get attention.” “I should say that the reason for the checks is that it’s really just to get attention,” he said.
“And somewhat inevitably, when I do these things, it causes the legacy media to kind of lose their minds.” A $1 million check, for most people, would be a life-changing sum. For Musk, who is worth $343 billion, this sum is equivalent to the median earner in the United States throwing a quarter in a fountain.
This is, of course, the same playbook Musk used to boost Donald Trump in the 2024 election. Sunday’s checks were for supporters he brought to a town hall in Green Bay to boost Republican Judge Schimel, in advance of Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court election on Tuesday. Musk spoke to a crowd of more than 1,000 people Sunday.
The billionaire and his allies have poured $20 million into the state Supreme Court race — via his Super PAC, America PAC; a dark money group he’s funded called Building America’s Future; and donations to the Republican Party of Wisconsin . They are boosting Judge Brad Schimel, who previously served as Wisconsin’s Republican attorney general. Musk, who’s leading Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ), headed onstage after a speech by his Trump administration colleague and Transportation Secr.