Elon Musk’s election-night messages have drawn fresh attention after a key post disappeared from his X (formerly Twitter) account. The billionaire’s own AI chatbot confirmed that he had removed the message urging voters to back Donald Trump in midterms.
Grok identifies Elon Musk’s deleted Election Day message
Elon Musk had shared a post on X, writing, “Vote red today!” When X users questioned whether Musk had taken it down, Grok confirmed the deletion. The chatbot also said Musk had “deleted the Election Day post” encouraging voters to support Republicans. Other recent posts, however, remained visible (via The Daily Beast).
Musk took a swipe at the election outcome with his usual dose of sarcasm. As Democrats scored wins in several key battlegrounds, he joked that his alleged “election-interfering space lasers” had failed to deliver.
He then floated another idea, writing, “Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now.” His posts came as Republicans suffered setbacks in both chambers of Congress.
Musk’s massive political war chest failed to deliver the knockout punch he wanted. Federal Election Commission records show he poured nearly $474 million into super PACs and individual campaigns during the election cycle. That was a big bet on repeating his 2024 winning streak, when he spent around $291 million backing candidates aligned with Donald Trump, according to OpenSecrets.
Texas proved especially costly for Musk. The New York Times projected that he dropped roughly $224 million in the state, home to several of his biggest businesses, to stop Democrat James Talarico from winning a Senate seat. The spending spree backfired spectacularly. Talarico crushed the opposition by 13 percentage points, making history as the first Democrat to win a Texas Senate seat since 1988.
Democrats captured both chambers. Key Senate flips included Roy Cooper in North Carolina, Troy Jackson in Maine, and Sherrod Brown in Ohio. Michigan also made history with Abdul El-Sayed’s victory, while Jon Ossoff cruised to another win in Georgia. Republicans, however, managed to protect key seats. Ashley Moody held the line in Florida, and Andy Barr kept Kentucky in the GOP column.
