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TheProle

(3,897 posts)
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 12:34 PM 2 hrs ago

Know Your Enemy: Elon Reopens His Wallet for Midterms

Elon Musk indicates he’s ‘going all in’ on financing the GOP ahead of the midterms: ‘America is toast if the radical left wins’

In the aftermath of his spectacular falling out with President Donald Trump last year, Elon Musk blasted the Republican Party as a corrupt force that was "bankrupting" the United States of America.

But now, after months in the political wilderness, the volatile tech baron has indicated that he will once again devote his enormous fortune to electing GOP politicians, this time ahead of the midterm elections in 2026.

"America is toast if the radical left wins," declared Musk on X Thursday. "They will open the floodgates to illegal immigration and fraud. Won’t be America anymore."

Musk's post quoted, and seemingly confirmed, another post from a conservative influencer who claimed that Musk was "going all-in" on funding Republicans this year.


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-trump-republicans-donations-finance-gop-b2893321.html
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Know Your Enemy: Elon Reopens His Wallet for Midterms (Original Post) TheProle 2 hrs ago OP
Easy to do when you're worth over half a trillion bucks. Kid Berwyn 2 hrs ago #1
Elon's puppets will try to terrorize our democracy for him. GreenWave 2 hrs ago #2
Time to bring back the old tax brackets. Dawson Leery 2 hrs ago #3
leonskum... 2naSalit 2 hrs ago #4
Right, but the reality is TheProle 2 hrs ago #6
I agree... 2naSalit 2 hrs ago #7
Yeah, because the democrats Coldwater 2 hrs ago #5

Kid Berwyn

(22,797 posts)
1. Easy to do when you're worth over half a trillion bucks.
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 12:47 PM
2 hrs ago

Elon the NAZI can afford to buy the political outcomes he wants by buying the politicians he wants.


2naSalit

(99,884 posts)
4. leonskum...
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 01:11 PM
2 hrs ago

Needs to STFU and go back to whence he came. He's totally the kind we don't need in this world, in this country or any other.

Serious waste of clean air that should be put to better use by endangered species.

TheProle

(3,897 posts)
6. Right, but the reality is
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 01:23 PM
2 hrs ago

he will be able to spread a lot of money around and it behooves us to pay attention to how he does it and disrupt his efforts.

Coldwater

(887 posts)
5. Yeah, because the democrats
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 01:13 PM
2 hrs ago

will destroy all that he hasn't accomplished.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, aimed to cut federal spending by $2 trillion.

He claims to have cut $61 billion but only $32.5 billion has supporting documentation.

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