>A super PAC engaged in a cynical two-step designed to simultaneously discourage Arab American and Jewish voters by advertising contrasting messages about Vice President Kamala Harris’ Middle East policies is being funded by a dark-money group that is bankrolled by right-wing tech and auto industry billionaire Elon Musk, according to a financial disclosure made public on Tuesday. (...)  
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>Many Jewish Democrats have argued that, among other qualities, the ads’ focus on second gentleman Doug Emhoff is antisemitic. That component of the advertising blitz reprises a well-known, though not exactly common, bit of campaign dark arts: Highlight a quality you claim to see as positive or negative, knowing the intended audience will have the opposite takeaway.  
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>But it’s the second component of Future Coalition PAC’s advertising that really raises its cynicism to new heights. The group is simultaneously targeting Pennsylvania’s Jewish voters with advertisements claiming Harris has been “pandering” to Palestinians. (...)  
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>The group’s $3 million budget so far comes entirely from a nonprofit, Building America’s Future, which is not required to reveal the names of its donors. However, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that Tesla co-founder Musk, one of the wealthiest men in the world and an occasional spreader of antisemitic conspiracy theories, is among the backers of Building America’s Future.  
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>Musk has becoming increasingly crucial to funding Trump’s political operation and is also funding one of the major super PACs responsible for Trump’s get-out-the-vote efforts. According to a new FEC filing, Musk has given nearly $75 million to America PAC, the super PAC that has become a critical source of pro-Trump field organizing in the seven battleground states. (...)  
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>“These ads demonstrate the Republican strategy of weaponizing hate and vitriol to divide Americans in order to achieve their political goals,” Halie Soifer, CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, said in a statement. “These ads aim to drive a wedge between minority communities by exploiting bigotry and disinformation, and we condemn it in the strongest possible terms. It’s appalling and on brand for Donald Trump.”

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