Time to start the investigations, Elon. Might want to clear your schedule and make sure all your records are up to date. 🤣

I just can't stop laughing. I'm not even lying.

I am seeing that shit everywhere -- especially in all the battleground states he poured money into like water, such as Maine, Texas, and Michigan that are now winning historical upsets -- and I literally can't stop snickering and laughing.

🤣 🤣 🤣

I'd glad to see it, but it's barely anything to him. Equivalent of ~$100 to an average US adult.

I'm celebrating this result. It's not about the money, because as everyone else is saying, this is chump change to him.

But what's beautiful is the blow to the ego. The reminder that all the money in the world can't buy popularity or adoration. The suspicion that he might be getting taken advantage of by others taking his money. The confirmation that he's not fully in control, and never will be.

That is worth celebrating.

Elon wants to fuck kids

Hey, he turned Texas blue. Maybe he'll come to Oklahoma now and do it again.

If i was in charge but couldn't make it illegal for people to donate money to political funds, I'd make it a requirement that for every single £ they donate, they must donate the same amount to charity.

They dont pick the charity.

He can spare it and so can all the California billionaires who won't get taxed. I'm disappointed, but at least I have a nice big blue wave to cool my toes in.

I wonder if all the republican scumbags he bought looked at the money and thought "wait, why the fuck do I even need to bother being a politician? I can just take this imbecile's money, lose, and go on a paid vacation for a few years. I'll just call it a series of fact-finding missions in aid of the 2028 presidential election".

Meh. He won't miss the money, he probably regrets not doubling it, if anything. Also, he knew he was gambling by the fact he spent them money in the first place. He didn't put in anything he couldn't easily afford to lose, which really should make we never-gonna-be-billionaires think a bit.

The difference between $473 million and Elon Musk's total net worth is roughly a trillion dollars.

At what point will these people realize that there is a point of diminishing returns in campaign spending, where simply throwing more money at it won't generate any more votes?

Honestly, the only way all this outsized campaign money makes sense to me is if candidates are pocketing it as a back-door bribe. Maybe now that Texas is run by sane people, we'll get some good investigations into where all the money went.

I know where we can cut a trillion from, it starts with S and ends in pacex+tesla+twitter.

But don't worry. He can spare it.

That's the part I worry about.

Texas gave Musk the D, I am very proud of my state today.

473 million is poop money to him

The ROI to defeat Prop 40 in California was definitely worth it.

That's like $50 USD for him, he'll be fine

Isn't that like a week's groceries going bad because the fridge broke for him?

I love when they spend a fortune, and lose anyway. They're money isn't as powerful as they think it is.

Who regrets pennies? Musk doesnt see 473 million dollars. Hes a multibillionaire. He didnt even feel this monetarily.

That's chump change for him. He's a trillionaire. Your millions mean nothing to him.