The billionaire, who poured hundreds of millions of dollars into supporting Republican candidates, made the remark on X after the party suffered major setbacks, including in Texas.
Elon Musk has responded to the Democrats’ significant gains in the US midterm elections with a dose of sarcasm, joking that his supposed “election-interfering space lasers” had failed to deliver the desired outcome. His quip was accompanied by another post in which he said, “Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now.”
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, had emerged as one of the biggest financial supporters of Republican candidates during the election cycle, spending approximately $250 million to assist the party’s congressional campaigns.
The remarks came shortly after James Talarico, senator-elect from Texas, launched an attack on both Musk and US President Donald Trump. The midterm results have strengthened Democrats’ hold on the Congress, allowing them to challenge Trump’s legislative agenda. Musk, the world’s richest man, had emerged as one of the biggest financial supporters of Republican candidates during the election cycle, spending approximately $250 million to assist the party’s congressional campaigns, according to NBC News.
“We were the underdogs in this race… we went up against more than $300 million, more than any Senate campaign in American history; we went up against all of the negative ads, smear campaigns, foreign bots and AI deepfakes that money can buy,” the Democrat said in Austin while celebrating his victory.
