‘Dark MAGA’ Elon Musk rallies onstage with Trump in Pennsylvania

Elon Musk, the CEO of X and Tesla, spoke during Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday, and made the brazenly false claim that Democrats were going to eliminate elections in the US.

Trump — returning to the site where he was nearly assassinated in July — introduced Musk as the man who “saved free speech“ and as a “rocket builder,” claiming his company Space X was the only reason that American astronauts can return to space.

The world’s wealthiest man took the stage in a black “Make America Great Again” hat and told the crowd he was “dark MAGA” — seemingly referencing the fringe far-right meme — before taking a swipe at President Joe Biden.

He said the president is a man who “couldn’t climb a flight of stairs” before comparing him to Trump, who he praised for jumping back to his feet after a bullet fired by a gunman armed with an AR-15 grazed his ear on the same stage on July 13.

“Fight, fight, fight,” said Musk, invoking Trump’s words in the moments after that shooting.

Musk then falsely claimed that Democrats were trying to strip away Americans’ rights to free spech, to bear arms, and to vote.

“I think this election is the most important election of our lifetime. This is no ordinary election,” he said. “President Trump must win to preserve the Constitution. He must win to preserve democracy in America. This is a must win situation, must win.”

The Tesla CEO then launched into a rambling appeal to Americans, asking them to register to vote, and made the brazenly baseless claim that Democrats were going to eliminate elections in America.

“Like, text people [to register to vote] now. Now. And then make sure they actually do vote,” he said.

“If they don’t, this will be the last election,” he added.