In a stunning revelation that would surprise no one, considering the connection to Sissy Space-X, canvassers and paid door-knockers employed by Blitz Canvassing, an America PAC subcontractor, have been subjected to sub-human, life threatening working conditions.
In a report by Wired, they were “flown to Michigan, driven in the back of a U-Haul van, and told they would have to pay hotel bills if they didn’t meet unrealistic quotas.”
I can’t describe this virtual indentured servitude any better than the article, but if this kind of abuse is protected from prosecution by the NDAs they signed, we have already lost the battle.
The contract these door knockers signed with Blitz Canvassing, which is a subcontractor of Musk’s America PAC, says they are “expected to maintain a 17-22% engagement rate during the campaign,” which is a high target relative to the number of people who typically open their door for a stranger. A group of out-of-state America PAC canvassers were told during a recent team meeting that if they didn’t hit their targets, which the door knocker says were more than 1,000 a week on total doors knocked, the organization would stop paying for their motel rooms.
It gets worse than that, though, as one would expect from a contractor associated with Elon and the Melon Felon.
What’s gonna happen is, they’re gonna stop paying for these rooms,” a manager told the door knockers in an audio recording obtained by WIRED. “And then you’re gonna end up having to pay for it yourself. You can’t do that with no money.” The door knocker also alleges that they were told that they will have to pay for their own flight home.
One of the workers claims he didn’t even know he was working for Off Brand Orban until after he signed the NDA.
“I knew nothing of the job, or much of the job description, other than going door to door and asking the voters who are they voting for,” says a door knocker who was one of the people in the back of the van and who is requesting anonymity because they signed a nondisclosure agreement. “Then, after I signed over an NDA, is when I found out we are for Republicans and with Trump.”
Even the driver of the van suffered mightily during the ordeal:
The video from inside the van shows a bumpy ride, with a cage separating the mostly Black door knockers from their driver. The driver also told the group of door knockers that he was in pain and had difficulty driving: “I just had surgery, bro,” the U-Haul driver says in another recording obtained by WIRED. “Like half of my foot is cut off.”
Truly a gruesome spectacle and, as usual, no representative of Musk, America PAC or Blitz Canvassing replied to a request for comment.
