Musk laughs off election drubbing with space lasers joke
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Axios · North America
Elon Musk cracked jokes early Wednesday morning after the Republican candidates he spent record sums supporting got drubbed in a historic midterm election. Why it matters: No one has ever spent as much as Musk for so little payoff — especially in Texas, which ended up with a massive blue wave. He spent an estimated $445 million in this cycle, making him the largest individual donor in modern history. What they're saying: "Guess my election-interfering space lasers didn't work this time 🤷♂️," Musk posted to X just before 1:15am ET. The intrigue: Musk also nodded at the results in the Texas go
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