The Political Malpractice Of Elon Musk
Chip Somodevilla/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Ross Douthat Opinion Columnist This week’s action in the Senate yielded a predictable setback for the SAVE America Act, a bill that would impose identification requirements for voter registration nationwide. Conservatives had hoped to use the bill to test the filibuster, but the most recent vote confirmed what had been clear for a while: There aren’t 50 Republican votes for passage in the first place. Why, then, has the bill garnered so much attention? In part because it’s a familiar priority of conservative activists, and in part because of Donald Trump’s eagerness to suggest that American elections aren’t on the level. But the bill’s prominence also owes a great debt to Elon Musk. After the unwinding of his Department of Government Efficiency and his brief third-party flirtation, the SAVE America Act became the billionaire’s most notable political priority, at least judging by the attention he’s devoted to it...
