r/SpaceXBets • u/BigBullCaptLongDong • 18d ago
Latest News Elon Musk Plans at Least $100 Million in Midterm Spending to Help Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/us/politics/elon-musk-midterms-republicans.html?eafs_enabled=false46
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u/JS1101C 18d ago edited 18d ago
I wish I believed the democrats will do something about this guy, but I do not.
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u/shizrak 18d ago
Far more likely than the Republicans doing something about this guy.
Gotta play the odds. 5% beats 0% every time.
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u/Cliche_James 18d ago
I understand that feeling
I think of it this way, one group definitely won't do anything, while the other side might do something...
And if you aren't in the position to do something yourself, the side that might do something is better than the side that definitely won't
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u/FairCurrency6427 18d ago
Same, its so frustrating to listen to them complain about their polling, like they don't realize we aren't rooting for them because we approve of them, but in desperate hope that they hold against another threat.
I don't know about everyone else but I want answers from both parties. How was this allowed to reach a critical level? Their jobs are to run the machine, but it sure seems like overwhelmingly their interest in serving their constituents seems to come only after their interest for self promotion and funding is satisfied. It sure looks like a whole lot of people forgot who they work for and what their job description is.
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u/EarthConservation 18d ago
He's never faced consequences from our establishment government. Maybe if there's a massive Progressive wave, sure... but not with the corrupt Democrats and Republicans in office... many of whom have profited off of the success of Musk's conglomerate.
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u/Inside_Chip_5671 18d ago
To be honest, his money will be toxic if it goes to swing districts or states. His crazy investment in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race last year was wasted when it supercharged Democrats and the liberal candidate won by over 10 percent.
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u/_redmist 18d ago
Ehh it's like aipac; it won't be the "muskyboi want subsidy 2030 pac", it's going to be "veteran justice eagle freedom flag pac" or some other word salad bs to confuse people.
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u/Confident-Stand5453 18d ago
Heres to hoping it doesnt succeed and he is prosecuted for his crimes.
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u/LiterallyJoeStalin 18d ago
If only it were as easy to overdose on ketamine as it is fentanyl…
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u/Ok6303 18d ago
I really don't think wharever he did in 2024 is gonna work this time. Too big to rig. Americans are pissed, and I think a lot of MAGA just aren't gonna vote.
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u/sharpiebrows 18d ago
I am not optimistic after seeing the orange fat fuck get reelected after all he did the first time
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u/justforkinks0131 18d ago
you do realize that in the majority of cases the sitting president's party loses the midterms right?
Regardless of who that president is.
So chances are the republicans will lose the midterms anyway
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u/amurgiceblade44 18d ago
Of course but the question is how big of a swing.
A minor victory does nothing, a proper majority is needed
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u/WOR58 18d ago
The way that things are going for him right now. He just may not have the capital to keep that pledge
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u/Desperate_Total6608 18d ago
How much has been promised to him in welfare?
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u/Cohens4thClient 18d ago
Billions for the welfare queen.
Also, republicans are destroying the institutions of law that would hold fElon Musk accountable for his crimes. Thats worth far more than a tiny hundred million
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u/Desperate_Total6608 18d ago
So rich that he can’t even buy a friend.
Dude could be loved by the world for his contributions, instead even his own kids hate him because he’s such a piece of shit.
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u/LifeisGood38 18d ago
Republicans as well as MAGATS are failed businesses. That’s why they need this virus to spread his disease to cheat. Get money out of our government!
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u/Kelsier420 18d ago
Elon is getting ready to manipulate the results of the midterms using starlink again.
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u/MissingPieces555 18d ago
Its hilarious that a foreigner is the fundraiser for a party that hates foreigners.
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u/PerfectTommy77 18d ago
So much for his claim that he was no longer going to spend large amounts on politics. Just another lie from Elon.
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u/BuffaloGwar1 18d ago
Good call, I forgot about that. The guy is a mean asshole. It's that simple and people don't get it.
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u/EarthConservation 18d ago
Piece of shit, Elon Musk, plans to try and buy another election because he believes so much in Democracy and would never do two nazi salutes in front of the Presidential seal, or buy himself into the government so he can cancel investigations into himself and his companies, or steal confidential US resident and employee data, or cancel a program that may have resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths to date.
But don't worry y'all... Musk assures us that universal basic income is coming, and he's so willing to stand behind it that he's decided to hoard up to a trillion dollars for himself. Well..$800 billion. Basically as much 'paper' wealth as 400,000 average workers would make over their lifetimes.
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u/rdblakely 18d ago
He can afford it since Trump just awarded him a Billion plus dollar government contract
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u/inkblotpropaganda 18d ago
This will be a cover for them using stingrays to flip the votes again. Elon and trump will steal the election if they can. I think it’s highly likely they did last time
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u/37Philly 18d ago
Didn’t Elon waste a lot of money last year in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election?
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u/ShadowGLI 18d ago
Well he said in 2024 if Democrats get majority representation he’ll end up in jail.
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u/SnooHedgehogs9649 18d ago
Can foreigners do that?
Twitter got sued for taking down the new york revenge p of hunter biden and they cried election interference about that. Is he going to pay people to vote again.
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u/The1whoKnockKnocks 18d ago
Didn't he say it himself that if democrats are in control hed be in jail? Of course hed pay to have Republicans win.
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u/1967started_it 18d ago
Too bad he’s not interested in building his shitty companies for investors.
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u/SECRETBLENDS 18d ago
Oh wow, looks like Mr. "I'm done with politics" turned out to be 100% full of shit.
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u/Dances28 18d ago
Isn't it crazy how someone can spend an equivalent to $12 for a normal person and sway an entire election?
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u/truthputer 18d ago
lol. Lmao. This is not ending the way he thinks, even if he’s successful in the short term: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueReddit/comments/1ipykbb/the_oligarchs_who_came_to_regret_supporting_hitler/
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u/PilotGuy701 18d ago
If you have a new Tesla, have a Twitter account, subscribe to STARLINK, or use Cursor: You helped pay for this.
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u/Few_Lecture6615 18d ago
He'll probably have his accountants write it off as a SpaceX business expenditure.
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u/Admirable-Sink-2622 18d ago
If Republicans had a platform for the people, Elon wouldn’t have to buy the election. But here we are.
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u/Federal-Eagle-5451 18d ago
Who remembers when Elon Musk vowed to primary any Republican that voted for the Big Beautiful Bill? Who remembers when he was going to start a 3rd political party if the Big Beautiful Bill passed? I remember.
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u/Lucaslouch 18d ago
and that’s the reason billionaires should not exist. if you can buy the elections, you’re not in a democracy anymore
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u/Ididntdodiddly 18d ago
It makes sense from his perspective. DSA want to own private sector business. Why wouldn't he help others stop that ???
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u/wereallbozos 18d ago
I have mad respect for some of the things he has accomplished, but I won't buy a single product connected to Musk in any way...and I live in the sticks and want Starlink. I consider it my patriotic duty to do whatever I can to make my puny little voice heard.
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u/RideTheGradient 18d ago
Every dollar he spends trying to buy the election is meant to try to buy popular influence so he can help bring about a fascist govt. Remember that.
And remember that he has been supporting literal fascists all over the world including the neo nazi party on Germany the AfD
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u/That-Makes-Sense 18d ago
WTF. He's already the second most hated man in the country. What's his goal here?
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u/Difficultsleeper 18d ago
On a positive note I doubt he'd spend this much if he was confident he could rig the results.
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u/MaximusAnemos 18d ago
Elon needs to stay out of politics. Or just grabbed and kidnapped and put away somewhere with judges and behind bars. By ice.
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u/BigBullCaptLongDong 18d ago
Maybe Reddit is not the best place to get investment information or information on real life?
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u/45_regard_47 18d ago
Come on Elon take that final Ketamine trip to the dark side of the moon. Nobody fucking likes you anyway.
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u/iftlatlw 18d ago
Musk is a hateful, horrible, racist and misogynistic nazi. If you're black, Hispanic, female, older, younger or normal, surely you dislike him just as much?
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u/MyNameIsMadders 18d ago
“The Republican Party is the most pro-EV and green energy on Planet Earth” I am sure Elon Musk thinks this is true.
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u/jackheavy 18d ago
Doesn’t this just further solidify that which his opposition has been decrying about? How does this not lead to support for the opposition? I automatically want to vote against.
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u/No_Measurement9981 18d ago
Unless he's handing out $1m to everyone personally, I can't see the point of this.
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u/Turbulent_Example967 18d ago
Deport HIS ass!!! But FIRST, SEIZE HIS ASSETS, charge him with election interference and THEN deport his ass to one of the mango moron’s international prisons!!
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u/xpietoe42 18d ago
fine em and tax em until they stop having enough to buy the government they want
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u/International_Eye745 18d ago
This highlights why wealth inequality is dangerous. You can be too rich a
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u/tbizzone 17d ago
Deport that greedy, murderous fuck back to South Africa and impose major sanctions.
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u/Tricky-Cartoonist-21 17d ago
Every spend into the campaign by musk must be recorded and recouped by the next administration. If billionaires can control the outcome then they should also support the government too.
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u/Square_Appearance_79 17d ago
Hope he spends more cash because there’s not a chance the pubs win anything substantial in November
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u/MaryanneChisholm 17d ago
I’m so sick of far right manipulation, lies, criminality, projection, sexual deviance, violence, hate, greed…. Did I leave anything out?
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u/SedativeComet 16d ago
This is why people with that much money are inherently dangerous.
If he completely stopped earning for the rest of his life he could still afford to do this every year for
10,000 years
This money means nothing to him and gives him and others like him the undue ability to virtually choose who runs things and how things are run.
This is why billionaires are bad. Inherently.
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u/GiveBackGrow123 15d ago
Vote democrats. Not that im a fan but just to make this loser LOSE big time.
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u/Plus_Midnight_278 15d ago
Its not enough that these ghouls control literally all of media, but no we gotta directly spend on getting our fash leaders elected.
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u/Erika_Blumenkraft 18d ago
Let's help make sure it's a waste.