canvassers Elon Musk‘s America PAC They say they flew to Michigan and were told they would have to meet unattainable quotas or risk paying their own lodging and returning home. Some of them were later rudely kicked out after speaking to the press.

Workers, most of whom are black said wired He said Blitz Canvassing, a subcontractor for Musk’s PAC, made them sign confidentiality agreements and transported them to Michigan neighborhoods in the back of a U-Haul without seats or seat belts. Afterwards wired the magazine published an initial report on working conditions; subcontractor company expelled more than a dozen campaignersleaving some without full compensation or transportation home.

One knocker told the magazine: They didn’t know what they were signing. “I didn’t know anything about the job or the job description other than going door to door and asking voters who they voted for,” the unidentified worker said. “Then, after we signed an NDA, I found out we were with the Republicans and we were with Trump.”

The employee also said they were unaware of the billionaire’s involvement “until they heard my supervisor and several other people mention Elon Musk.”

Accordingly wired, Trump’s campaign is relying on Musk and his PAC to lead its door-to-door efforts in the battleground state, but X’s owner’s operation appears to be a farce at best. Canvassers said they initially took Ubers to neighborhoods where they spoke to voters, but they were later transported unsafely in the back of a U-Haul van without seats or seat belts. Organizers told campaigners to use a problematic app to record their progress. known for falsely marking fake door knocks.

“Our subcontractors should never have placed their advertisers in the U-Haul van, and those involved were immediately reprimanded,” said Tim Pollard of Blitz Canvassing. Wired.

More than a dozen workers were laid off after the magazine’s report about election campaign mishaps emerged. wired Some reported being left in Michigan without full pay or transportation home. According to emails obtained by the publication, Campaigners were promised compensation of $2,000 a week and return airfare. They were also told in text messages that they would earn $1.50 per door knocked, and that the rate would increase to $2 per door if they got over 1,000 doors per week; This is an unattainable figure.

“I have this scary feeling that I need to get the hell out of there,” Tyra Muldrow, a 20-year-old black woman living in Florida, told the publication. Muldrow, who had to find her own way home, said she and other campaign participants were told they were being fired because some of them spoke to the media.

Muldrow said the group of pollsters he worked with consisted of Black people from out of state. Videos provided wired This showed cramped accommodation and disagreements between workers.

Muldrow learned that she and others had been fired through a GroupMe chat from her cousin, Ebony Jones, who hired her for the job. “Everyone got fired,” Jones wrote in the chat. Jones then began asking workers to speak to the media, according to Muldrow.

At least four pollsters, including Muldrow, said they were not compensated before they were terminated. Muldrow showed wired He said he initially only received $69 through the Cash App “for Gotv”; This is a reference to get-out-the-vote efforts.

“Following the incident, some sponsors and contractors left the program, some decided to stay, all were paid,” Pollard said. wired, however, the publication was unable to confirm the accuracy of his statement.

Muldrow eventually received $2,000 from Cash App with a note saying, “Michigan Gotv door 742 paid in full.”

Shortly after that payment, Jones texted him: “Please let Wired know your payment has been made as soon as possible.”