“It tells me it’s a high priority. And the reason they have the First Amendment is because, you know, the countries people came from, if you spoke your mind, you’d be imprisoned or killed. That’s why you have it. That’s really important.
And then the right to bear arms is also really important. That’s there to protect, you know… The Second Amendment is there to protect the First Amendment. As soon as the government can disarm the people, they can do anything they want.
And we’ve seen this in one country after another. They take the guns away from the people, then they do fake elections, and then the people try to protest and they just get shot. That’s what happened in Venezuela recently. They had a fake election, [and] Maduro lost. Like, massively lost. Like, you know, 70% lost. And he’s like, ‘Oh, no, I won.: And everyone’s like, ‘Oh, you didn’t win.’
There were big protests in the street. Chavez, when he came into power, took away everyone’s guns. So now you’re facing, you know, soldiers with assault rifles. Are you going to throw some sticks at them or something? Use finger guns? It doesn’t work. So Maduro, even though he lost the election, is still in power. And that’s the kind of risk that we face.
But we’ve got to do everything possible to protect the Constitution. And I think this is, yeah. So, you know, for all those reasons, that’s why, you know, after thinking about it hard, it was very clear to me that Donald Trump has to win this election. He really does.” – Elon Musk, speaking at the America PAC Town Hall in Pennsylvania, Oct. 17, 2024