Leah Feiger: So Trump brings Musk out, he calls him a very unimaginable man. Musk actually jumps into the air on stage, in what was captured in truthfully one of many cringiest pictures that I’ve seen on-line possibly 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 abruptly we’re listening to, “Be sure to’re registered to vote, vote early, do that, try this, get everybody to vote.” There’s this actually, actually large get-out-the-vote push, and that’s what Elon was on. When the murderer’s bullet grazed Trump’s ear, he received up and stated, “Combat, 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: Individuals had been very into that, and one of many issues that Musk stated that received quite a lot of response from the folks 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 have now the First Modification.
Vittoria Elliott: He was there to whip up the troops, to essentially converse to the true believers, to push, push, push for voter turnout, as a result of I believe my sense with the best way that the MAGA motion is true now could be that they perceive what the Biden workforce understood in 2020 the place it is not about changing new individuals, it is about getting the individuals which are already in your workforce mobilized. He stated, “This election is an important election of our lifetime.” Fairly regular. I believe I’ve heard each politician say that for the final 20 years, however then he says, “You must carry everybody to vote. If they do not, this will probably 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. A variety of instances 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 expect again to the Don Lemon interview, the place he was confronted concerning the nice substitute concept, he hedged just a little bit on that.