NBC News demonstrates standard Big Journalism timidity when it says it "appears" that Musk's mother encouraged voting fraud (by Republicans, of course).
Here's what she posted at the deadbird site:
"You don’t have to register to vote. On Election Day, have 10 fake names, go to 10 polling booths and vote 10 times. That’s 100 votes, and it’s not illegal. Maybe we should work the system too."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musks-mom-hit-with-blunt-community-note-on-x-after-encouraging-voter-fraud/ar-AA1rP1Zm
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