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Center-Right Owned by Adani Group (AMG Media)Elon Musk Deletes Pro-Republican Posts After Spending Rs 4,400 Crore On Midterms
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Elon Musk’s recent political spending has drawn scrutiny as his midterm gamble appears to be affecting his companies. According to NDTV, the Tesla CEO spent Rs 4,700 crore on midterms and also helped elect US President Donald Trump, spending over a quarter of a billion dollars to aid Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. The Times of India notes that this costly election involvement is creating a “pricey election hangover” and coincides with sliding stock prices. Hindustan Times adds that Musk’s business empire is facing political headwinds as Texas turns blue in a Democratic wave, and that he urged his followers on X to…
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left · 1 outlet
Democrats seized control of the U.S. Congress on November 3, capturing both the Senate and House of Representatives
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Shares of both companies fell about 1.8% in postmarket trading on Tuesday after Senator Jon Ossoff was projected to win reelection in Georgia in an early call.
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Elon Musk poured hundreds of millions of dollars into helping Donald Trump and Republicans win the midterms, only to discover that even the world's richest man cannot buy the American voter's mandate.
— OpIndia
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One of the deleted posts was a pinned message from October 29, in which Musk had asked Americans to vote for Republican senators.
