Supporters wait for Elon Musk to take the stage inside the KI Convention Center on March 30, 2025. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Elon Musk held a Town Hall event at the KI Convention Center in downtown Green Bay Sunday night.
Supporters began lining up hours before the 6:30 p.m. event.
Musk threw his support behind Brad Schimel for Wisconsin’s high stakes state Supreme Court race.
“We want to restore individual freedoms. Freedom of speech, just in general. Get the government off your back,” said Musk. “Vote for Judge, super Judge Schimel, I call him super Judge Schimel.”
Musk showed up in a cheese head before discussing restoring freedom to Americans, and the importance of Wisconsin’s Spring Election.
The event was limited to people who have signed an online petition against activist judges, where people also heard from Transportation Secretary and Wisconsin native Sean Duffy, as well as Republican Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson.
“This is about getting out to vote on Tuesday to elect Brad Schimel as the next justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court,” said Johnson. “He’s doing it to save the court, to save Wisconsin, to save America.”
Following opening remarks, Musk took questions from people in the crowd, with many centered around the Department of Government Efficiency.
Meanwhile, protestors gathered on the streets surrounding the convention center to express their opposition to Schimel and Elon Musk’s visit.
“I believe that Elon Musk should not be trying to win a supreme court seat for Brad Schimel. He’s the richest man in the world and does not deserve to be part of Wisconsin politics,” said Ana Wilson, who came from Wauwatosa.
The event comes as a contentious race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to be decided by voters on Tuesday. Billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump have expressed support for conservative Judge Brad Schimel, as he looks to flip the Supreme Court to a conservative hold and beat out liberal Judge Susan Crawford.
Musks’ appearance in Green Bay comes after creating an online petition against “activist judges,” and offering $100 to anyone who signs it. On Thursday, he announced a $1M prize for a Green Bay man who signed, and handed out two more $1M checks at his Sunday evening event.
Wisconsin’s Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul asked the court Friday to block the billionaire from handing out checks to voters, arguing that it’s a violation of voting laws. A Dane County Circuit Court judge declined to stop the payments, prompting an appeal by AG Kaul.
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals also denied AG Kaul’s emergency injunction to stop the payments.
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