Elon Musk was in Pennsylvania Sunday along with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to tell Keystone State voters that although he might “hate politics” he’s engaging in it right now because “the stakes are too high that … I feel I have no choice.”

“Yeah, anyway, so I’m dramatically increasing my risk of being assassinated. And, you know, engaging in politics is not what I want to do. I do not have a death wish, but the stakes are so high that I really have to; I feel I have no choice but to do it. And that's the reason,” he told the rally in Pittsburgh.

The stakes for Musk are defending free speech and the right to bear arms – the first and second amendments. Musk announced that he will pay up to $1 million per day to Pennsylvania voters signing his America PAC petition before Election Day. The petition asks signers to support these two amendments. Musk asks winners of the cash award to be “spokespersons” for the petition.

Jack Posobiec noted on X: “HE DID IT AGAIN! Elon hands out $1 Million Dollars to a woman here in Pittsburgh for signing Constitution petition Tells crowd to Vote Early In Person or by Mail. He is all in for Pennsylvania.”

Musk called Trump’s appearance at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s to cook some french fries, “epic.” Trump quipped that he had now worked at the fast food restaurant for “15 minutes more than Kamala.”

In response to a question about the “puppet masters” who pull political strings behind the scenes through “lawfare” Musk replied that lawfare is being used by Trump opponents “just to stop people from voting, which is obviously anti-democratic. But I think the right thing to do is not to do what they do, but rather to reinforce the strength of the legal system and for there to be some kind of punishment” for engaging in this kind of activity, he said.

“One should not respond to corruption of the system with corruption, but with the removal of corruption."

In response to a question about illegal immigrants voting, Musk noted that “frankly, I'd be happy if it was just that citizens voted” but warned against using voting machines because they can be easily hacked. “ We want paper ballots, in person with ID,” he said.