Elon Musk removes post supporting Republicans after defeat in US midterm elections

Following the Republican Party's major defeat in the US midterm elections, the world's richest billionaire entrepreneur, Elon Musk, has once again come to the center of discussion. Musk, who openly campaigned in support of Republican candidates ahead of the elections, is being claimed to have deleted his much-discussed social media post 'Vote Red Today!'. Notably, Musk's own AI chatbot Grok also admitted when asked that this post had been removed.

After election results came out, Elon Musk was seen very active on the social media platform X on Wednesday morning. He reposted several posts related to election results and their analysis. At around 1:00 AM Eastern Time at night, he wrote sarhetically, 'Looks like my election-meddling space lasers didn't work this time.' Prior to this, he had also commented regarding building data centers in space at an international level. Following that, he also reacted to a user's post which claimed that voters voted for Democratic candidates despite supporting Republican policies. In his reply, Musk mentioned the defeat of California's voter ID proposal. His reference was to that proposal under which making a government photo identity card for voting or providing identity-related information for mail-in ballots was made mandatory.

Elon Musk's role in the US elections was not limited to social media alone. He spent at least 458 million dollars, which is about ₹4,400 crore, in support of Republican candidates and conservative organizations. According to election commission filings and media reports, Musk has joined the ranks of the largest individual political donors in modern American political history. A major share of his expenditure went to a Super PAC named America PAC. This organization worked to bring voters to polling booths, run grassroots campaign drives, and create an atmosphere in support of Republican candidates through digital advertisements.

According to reports, Musk made political expenditures in support of a total of 106 House and Senate candidates. According to figures available till Wednesday afternoon after the elections, only 19 of them could win. These were all seats in areas where a Republican victory was already considered expected. On the other hand, 47 candidates had to face defeat, while results for 40 seats had not been declared at that time.

A major decline was also recorded in Elon Musk's wealth after the election results. The US election results had a direct impact on Elon Musk's net worth as well. According to reports, amid the market decline on Wednesday morning, Musk's estimated wealth decreased by 23.7 billion dollars. At that time, his total wealth was estimated at approximately 878 billion dollars.