'Space lasers didn't work': Elon Musk mocks own election spending after Democrats' midterm sweep
Musk posted two sarcastic messages after Democrats won control of Congress, following about $250 million in Republican support, according to NBC News.
- 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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The richest man on the planet, Elon Musk, is joking after supporting the Republicans for nothing, with an astronomical sum, in the campaign for midterms. Article Elections in the US. Elon Musk, joking after putting for nothing a historical sum in the campaign of the Republicans.
After investing hundreds of millions of dollars in a campaign to support numerous American Republican candidates, multi-billionaire Elon Musk (Elon Musk) made an ironic comment today regarding the defeat of the Republican Party in the elections for the US Congress.
Billionaire Elon Musk, who spent hundreds of millions of dollars to support Republican candidates in mid-term elections, made an ironic comment on Wednesday about the failure that...
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