An Elon Musk-funded group called Future Coalition PAC is targeting Muslim voters in Michigan and Jewish voters in Pennsylvania with diametrically opposed political advertisements about Kamala Harris. In areas of Michigan with relatively large Muslim populations, the Super PAC is painting Harris as a close friend of Israel and is suggesting that she is beholden to the beliefs of her Jewish husband Doug Emhoff; in parts of Pennsylvania with relatively large Jewish populations, the advertisements call Harris antisemitic and say she “support[s] denying Israel the weapons needed to defeat the Hamas terrorists who massacred thousands.”

Meanwhile, a related PAC also funded by Musk is microtargeting likely Black voters on Snapchat with ads that says Kamala Harris is trying to ban menthol cigarettes (surveys have shown that 81 percent of Black smokers use menthols, and big tobacco has disproportionately marketed menthol cigarettes to Black Americans).

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    14 hours ago

    “Tell black guys that she wants to take away their menthol cigarettes” is exactly the dumb racist shit I would expect from Elon Musk at the wheel.

    I really don’t think putting Elon in charge is gonna work out for Trump how he thinks it is.

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      13 hours ago

      That really is an issue for black voters. I listened to a townhall on it and wow the black voters were mad and felt very targeted by any talk of it.