RBG PAC

The PAC was formed on October 16, 2024, the day after it would be legally required to disclose its donors before the election. The PAC aimed to aid Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign by running advertisements which compared Trump and late Supreme Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's political views on the legality of abortion in the United States, attempting to portray them as being similar.

The PAC was financed by one or more secret donors,{{Cite news |last1=Goldmacher |first1=Shane |last2=Schleifer |first2=Theodore |last3=Haberman |first3=Maggie |last4=Kantor |first4=Jodi |date=2024-10-24 |title=New 'RBG PAC' Spending $19 Million From Secret Donors to Aid Trump on Abortion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/us/politics/trump-ruth-bader-ginsburg-abortion-ad.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124185728/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/us/politics/trump-ruth-bader-ginsburg-abortion-ad.html |archive-date=2024-11-24 |access-date=2024-12-06 |work=The New York Times}} which were later revealed to be just businessman Elon Musk, the wealthiest individual in the world.{{cite web |last1=Matthews |first1=Alex Leeds |last2=Wright |first2=David |last3=Schouten |first3=Fredreka |title=Musk spent more than a quarter-billion dollars to elect Trump, including funding a mysterious super PAC, new filings show |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/politics/elon-musk-trump-campaign-finance-filings/index.html |website=cnn.com |date=6 December 2024 |publisher=CNN |access-date=24 January 2025}}{{Cite news |last1=Bowman |first1=Bridget |last2=Kamisar |first2=Ben |last3=Bland |first3=Scott |date=2024-12-06 |title=Elon Musk spent a quarter-billion dollars electing Trump, including financing mysterious 'RBG PAC' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/elon-musk-spent-quarter-billion-dollars-electing-trump-financing-myste-rcna182922 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241206025222/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/elon-musk-spent-quarter-billion-dollars-electing-trump-financing-myste-rcna182922 |archive-date=2024-12-06 |access-date=2024-12-06 |work=NBC News}} The donation came in a single lump sum from the “Elon Musk Revocable Trust” and was timed so that information about it wouldn't have to be released until after the election.{{cite web |last1=Kinard |first1=Meg |title=Elon Musk gave $20 million to a super PAC comparing Trump to Ginsburg on abortion |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/elon-musk-gave-20-million-to-a-super-pac-comparing-trump-to-ginsburg-on-abortion |website=pbs.org |date=6 December 2024 |publisher=PBS |access-date=24 January 2025}} In total, the committee spent $20,476,000 on Trump's electoral campaign during the 2024 United States presidential election, which he eventually won.{{Cite web |title=RBG PAC Outside Spending |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00891291 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20241206131251/https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00891291 |archive-date=2024-12-06 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=OpenSecrets }}{{Cite news |last=Piper |first=Jessica |date=2024-05-12 |title=Elon Musk was behind mysterious pro-Trump super PAC that invoked Ruth Bader Ginsburg |url=https://www.politico.com/elon-musk-trump-donations-super-pac |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20241206121237/https://www.politico.com/elon-musk-trump-donations-super-pac |archive-date=2024-12-06 |access-date=2024-12-06 |work=Politico }}

The PAC was criticized by members of Ginsburg's family, who said that it was misleading.{{cite web |last1=Gedeon |first1=Joseph |title=Elon Musk revealed as sole funder of RBG Pac that claimed Trump and Ginsburg were aligned |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/06/elon-musk-rbg-pac-abortion |website=The Guardian |date=6 December 2024 |access-date=24 January 2025}}{{cite web |last1=ECKSTEIN |first1=GRIFFIN |title="Appalling": Ginsburg family denounces pro-Trump RBG PAC ads |url=https://www.salon.com/2024/10/25/appalling-ginsburg-family-denounces-pro-rbg-pac-ads/ |work=Salon |date=25 October 2024 |access-date=24 January 2025}}

The majority of the PAC's funds were spent on political advertising focused on the 2024 election.{{cite web |last1=Wiseman |first1=Lewis |title=Elon Musk spent over $US250 million to get Trump elected and funded mysterious Ruth Bader Ginsburg group |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-06/elon-musk-funded-ruth-bader-ginsburg-pac-in-us-elections/104694580 |website=abc.net.au |date=6 December 2024 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=24 January 2025}}

• America PAC
• Citizens for Sanity
• Musk Foundation

• {{Cite web |title=RBG PAC |url=https://www.rbgpac.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241206130335/https://www.rbgpac.com/ |archive-date=2024-12-06 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=rbgpac.com}}

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Category:United States political action committees

Category:Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign

Category:Political activities of Elon Musk

Category:Ruth Bader Ginsburg