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Elon Musk is putting more than $276 million behind Republicans ahead of the midterms, and he's doing it without the high-profile campaign appearances that defined his support for President Trump in 2024.
X ^ | 10/12/2026 | Fox News on. X

Posted on 10/12/2026 7:33:20 PM PDT by SmokingJoe

Elon Musk is putting more than $276 million behind Republicans ahead of the midterms, and he's doing it without the high-profile campaign appearances that defined his support for President Trump in 2024.

The world's only trillionaire is now the biggest known donor of the election cycle, including a staggering $158 million contribution to the main super PAC backing Republican Senate candidates.

Another $76 million is going to America PAC, which is rebuilding the massive door-knocking operation it used to help elect Trump in 2024. Musk is also directing $10 million toward a group supporting Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton.

The spending marks a dramatic reversal from May 2025, when Musk said he planned to scale back his political contributions, declaring, "I think I've done enough."

Now, with control of Congress on the line, Musk is pouring money into Republican races while largely staying out of the spotlight.

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1 posted on 10/12/2026 7:33:20 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

If we keep both houses of congress Trump can say we bought it. Let them riot.


2 posted on 10/12/2026 7:45:00 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

We’d best buy it!

WHATEVER IT TAKES TO LEGALLY WIN!


3 posted on 10/12/2026 7:59:58 PM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: SmokingJoe
Related: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4398932/posts
4 posted on 10/12/2026 8:01:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The right of the Democrats to embezzle elections shall not be infringed. )
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To: Taxman

Liberal newspapers GIVE more in terms of column inches of positive support for democrats than Elon could afford. And that doesn’t include the nonstop free ads of every show on MSNOW and CNN. We gotta get real here folks - the big money/freebie comes from the corrupt biased MSM.


5 posted on 10/12/2026 8:06:22 PM PDT by GOPJ (GOP Registration Gains : Pennsylvania +7 North Carolina +8 Nevada +5 Arizona +4)
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To: GOPJ

At least Elon is fighting back!

After WE WIN, POTUS will “handle” the FAKE NEWS!


6 posted on 10/12/2026 8:10:34 PM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: Taxman
Anything above 80% positive coverage for one party over another should be counted the same as a political donation.

7 posted on 10/12/2026 8:13:50 PM PDT by GOPJ (GOP Registration Gains : Pennsylvania +7 North Carolina +8 Nevada +5 Arizona +4)
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To: GOPJ

So true. The Networks gave Biden 4 prime time all networks airtime time slots leading up to the 24 Elections. Not to mention the all network prime time coverage of rats sham J6 “hearings”.


8 posted on 10/12/2026 8:14:28 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: SmokingJoe

MUSK IS A LITTLE BUSY WITH SPACE LAUNCHES, IIRC


9 posted on 10/12/2026 8:29:59 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: SmokingJoe

It is merely self defense. Musk knows if the RATs return to power they are coming after him.


10 posted on 10/12/2026 9:21:46 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: SmokingJoe

Thank you Mr. musk.


11 posted on 10/12/2026 9:25:53 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: GOPJ
At least Elon is fighting back!

And I thank God for Elon... and I thank God for President Trump.

12 posted on 10/13/2026 2:34:31 AM PDT by GOPJ (GOP Registration Gains : Pennsylvania +7 North Carolina +8 Nevada +5 Arizona +4)
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To: GOPJ
“Liberal newspapers GIVE more in terms of column inches of positive support for democrats than Elon could afford. And that doesn't include the nonstop free ads of every show on MSNOW and CNN. We gotta get real here folks - the big money/freebie comes from the corrupt biased MSM.”

You cannot be serious.
X alone has Daily Active Users of approximately 300 million, with Monthly Active users averaging 550 million.
That trumps all legacy media combined.
Musk buying Twitter changed everything.
And Musk has over 240 million followers and vastly more influence on X than anyone else, plus ans army of conservative news makers/journalists/influencers who regularly smoke the far left crazies.
By contrast, your precious CNN has prime time peak ratings of 500,000 to 700,000, with MSNOW prime time ratings at about 850,000.
Fox alone smokes CNN/MSNOW combined in prime time ratings.
Add in X then legacy media ratings don't look so good.
You are still thinking like its 1982, it isn't.

13 posted on 10/13/2026 5:30:14 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: ridesthemiles

Is Musk busy?
Yes.
But is he by far the most influential person on X?
Yep.


14 posted on 10/13/2026 5:33:47 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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Elon is the most influential person in the world that is not a head of state.
He is now the real life EF Hutton.
When he speaks on a subject he changes markets.
As evidenced in his remarks last week about Starlink getting into the cellular/satellite phone service. It instantaneously effected the stock price of Verizon and ATT.

There are millions of subscribers to other networks(like me) that have a dead zone they go through everyday with their current cell phone provider. Mine is Verizon. I do not get cell service in my yard or on the road in front of my home for about a mile in either direction. That is because there is a hill between me and the closest tower.

I was going to switch to ATT. However, about a year ago my daughter got a Starlink dish at her house about two miles away. They have internet service that never drops. They run two businesses out of their home. Based on her experience I am probably going to drop Xfinity/Comcast internet and switch to Starlink. If they begin to offer competitive phone service I will eventually switch to them too.

We better hope Elon is really a good guy because he is going to be in charge of the largest telecommunications company in the world soon.

15 posted on 10/13/2026 6:02:06 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: SmokingJoe
It's working.

Gateway Pundit on X.

Breaking: Ohio Early Voting Reveals Democrats Faltering!… “I See No Democratic Enthusiasm – I See Erosion” (Video)

https://x.com/gatewaypundit/status/2109991556128133164

16 posted on 10/13/2026 6:05:11 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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Why doesn’t the media also report how much George Soros is shelling out for the Dem-ogogues?


17 posted on 10/13/2026 6:30:46 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA "by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Jim W N

The media hardly ever do.
Same with Sanders.


18 posted on 10/13/2026 6:38:32 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

19 posted on 10/13/2026 8:15:47 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills and jihadists anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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