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In
the
waning
days
of
the
2024
presidential
election,
a
curious
political
action
committee,
named
after
the
late
Supreme
Court
justice
Ruth
Bader
Ginsburg,
ran
ads
in
support
of
Donald
Trump,
and,
bizarrely,
claimed
that
RBG
and
Trump
were
of
“one
mind”
on
abortion
rights.
Of
course,
that’s
far
from
accurate.
The
PAC
misconstrued
Trump’s
position
on
reproductive
freedom,
twisting
the
Trump
assertion
that
he
didn’t
support
a
“federal
abortion
ban,”
and
willfully
ignoring
the
other
words
his
campaign
used
to
amount
to
the
same
thing.
To
say
nothing
of
the
Project
2025
plan
to
use
the
Comstock
Act
of
1973
to
severely
limit
access
to
abortion
care
in
this
country.
The
effort
to
conflate
RBG
and
Trump’s
records
on
reproductive
rights
was
derided
as
“nothing
short
of
appalling”
by
RBG’s
granddaughter,
Clara
Spera.
A
sentiment
shared
by
pretty
much
everyone
horrified
by
the
Supreme
Court’s
overturning
the
right
to
reproductive
freedom,
ushering
in
a
new
American
era
of
increased
infant
deaths
and
a
spike
in
maternal
mortality
rates.
The
RBG
PAC
was
created
right
at
the
FEC
deadline
for
the
election
cycle,
with
$20
million
in
secret
donations.
But
now
we
know
who
has
the
deep
pockets
behind
the
misleading
message.
It’s
Elon
Musk,
because
of
course
it
is.
The
sum
he
spent
on
the
RBG
PAC
was
just
a
drop
in
the
bucket
of
the
total
amount
Musk
spent
to
back
Trump.
All
in,
Musk
threw
down
$250
million
in
support
of
Trump.
No
wonder
he’s
got
a
fancy
new
title
in
the
Trump
administration.
Earlier:
Republicans
Are
Just
Lying
About
Ruth
Bader
Ginsburg
For
Credibility
In
Upcoming
Election
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