Vasquez campaign blows a gasket as Elon Musk’s PAC invests in NM CD-2
An Elon Musk-linked PAC called America PAC is targeting vulnerable Democrats, as reported by Business Insider.
The Tesla and X owner is spending “$86,997 in New Mexico’s 2nd district, where Democratic Rep. Gabe Vasquez faces former Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell,” the outlet reported.
Federal Election Commission (FEC) documents show the entity is spending $2.1 million in the 14 most competitive U.S. House races.
“There’s likely to be more where that came from. Punchbowl News reported on Monday that the PAC has set aside $10 million for “voter turnout” in House races around the country,” per Insider.
Following the news, Vasquez’s campaign sent out a panic-stricken email, claiming the PAC, which reports openly to the FEC, is a “dark money” group, claiming, “Republican dark money is FLOODING into NM-02 right now. MAGA extremists will stop at nothing to elect Yvette Herrell, establish their anti-choice MAGA agenda and relentlessly attack Gabe Vasquez.”
“Elon Musk’s America PAC has already spent over $55 MILLION to support Donald Trump, and now? They’re investing an ADDITIONAL $2.1 million to support MAGA extremists in competitive House races like Gabe’s,” his campaign continued.
The email concluded, “Gabe is a threat to their extremist anti-democratic agenda and that’s why their dark money is ENDLESSLY flooding our district,” despite Democrats installing their presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, without a single vote from the American people.
It is unclear what the Democrats’ campaign believes is “extreme” about Herrell, who has a commonsense platform that includes protecting the border, fighting crime, and solving the inflation crisis created by Vasquez, Biden, and Harris.
On the other hand, Vasquez believes in open borders, voted for illegal aliens to vote, and voted against anti-inflationary bills, as well as having a rap sheet of his own for his crimes.
Vasquez, who squeaked out the smallest of wins in 2022, faces fierce competition from Herrell, a former state lawmaker and congresswoman for the Second District.
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