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Musk's $474M midterm bet collapses as Texas flips blue, Tesla and SpaceX shed $420B

Musk deletes political posts and jokes about the loss

3 Nov 4 3:20 AM · 4d ago · 22 articles · 14 posts · 5 sources · development 3 of 7

After the results, Musk removed his pro-Republican posts and sarcastically referenced 'space lasers' failing to sway the election; commentators linked the deletions to looming congressional scrutiny of DOGE and his government contracts.

Musk deletes political posts and jokes about the loss
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“Looks like my space lasers for interfering in elections didn't work this time 🤷‍♂️”

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  1. 1 outlet Musk laughs off election drubbing with space lasers joke

    first by Axios, 3d ago

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