Elon Musk jokes about GOP election defeat after spending record sums on party
Musk mocked the losses after spending nearly $475 million on GOP-aligned groups, including $168 million for the Senate Leadership Fund, analysts said.
- On Wednesday, billionaire Elon Musk posted sarcastic remarks on X about Democratic victories in the 2026 midterm elections, quipping, "Guess my election-interfering space lasers didn't work this time."
- Democrats seized control of Congress on Tuesday, winning 233 seats in the 435-seat House and 54 seats in the 100-seat Senate, marking a major reversal in Washington's balance of power.
- Musk spent approximately $250 million to support Republican campaigns, yet Democrat James Talarico defeated Republican Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, delivering Democrats a breakthrough in a traditionally conservative state.
- Shares of Tesla Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. fell approximately 1.8% in post-market trading on Tuesday, while Democrats plan to challenge President Donald Trump's legislative agenda over his remaining two years.
- The electoral shift threatens the policy environment for AI and data centers, with Musk suggesting "Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now" as a potential response to regulatory uncertainty.
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Elon Musk hilariously comments on Midterm election results
In the early hours of Wednesday following the 2026 midterm elections, Elon Musk took to X with a characteristically irreverent reaction to the results. “Guess my election-interfering space lasers didn’t work this time,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO posted, generating hundreds of thousands of likes and widespread attention. The quip landed after Democrats secured control […]
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From Sea To Shining Sea, America Smacked Down The Billionaire Oligarchs
It was a bad night for the oligarchs.Voters delivered a brutal and historic repudiation to Elon Musk, who spent upward of $450 million of his absurd fortune to purchase elections in Texas and elsewhere – and failed. Having moved his businesses and his residence to the Lone Star state from California, which he disparaged as too liberal, the world’s richest man now faces the prospect of skeptical regulation both there and in Washington.We might ha…
The wealthiest person in the world had donated almost half a billion dollars to the Republicans. After their defeat, Musk's space company Space-X's shares also collapse.
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