Elon Musk has joked online about the Republican defeat in the US midterm elections after spending nearly half a billion dollars to bolster the party’s campaigns. Republicans were decisively routed by Democrats in Tuesday’s polls, losing control of the Senate and the House of Representatives, while racking up losses in states long seen as Republican strongholds, such as Texas and Kansas. “Guess my election-interfering space lasers didn’t work this time,” the Tesla and SpaceX founder wrote on X, which he owns, on Wednesday. Musk reportedly spent $446m supporting Republican candidates in the elections, making him the top donor.
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