I will die in America, says Elon Musk at Wisconsin Town Hall

Tech billionaire Elon Musk declared his unwavering commitment to the United States. “I will die in America; I’m not going anywhere. I might go to Mars, but that will be part of America,” Musk said during a Wisconsin town hall held on Sunday.

During the event, Musk distributed $1 million checks to two Wisconsin voters, appointing them as spokespeople for his political group. He emphasised the significance of the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election, framing it as pivotal to President Donald Trump’s agenda and “the future of civilisation.”

“It’s a super big deal,” he told a roughly 2,000-person crowd in Green Bay on Sunday night, taking the stage in a yellow cheesehead hat. “I’m not phoning it in. I’m here in person.”

Musk and groups he supports have spent more than $20 million to help conservative favourite Brad Schimel in Tuesday’s race, which will determine the ideological makeup of a court likely to decide key issues in a perennial battleground state.

Musk has become the centre of the contest, with liberal favourite Susan Crawford and her allies protesting Musk and what they say is the influence he wants to have on the court.

Musk noted that the state high court may well take up redistricting of congressional districts, which could ultimately affect which party controls the US House.

“And if the (Wisconsin) Supreme Court is able to redraw the districts, they will gerrymander the district and deprive Wisconsin of two seats on the Republican side,” Musk said. “Then they will try to stop all the government reforms we are getting done for you, the American people.”

On Sunday, the state Supreme Court refused to hear a last-minute attempt by the state’s Democratic attorney general to stop Musk from handing over the checks to two voters, a ruling that came just minutes before the planned start of the rally.

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