Elon Musk's 'vote red' post vanished after Election Day
Source: Business Insider ·
Elon Musk's pre-election X post is no longer on his timeline after Democrats dominated Tuesday's midterms.
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Elon Musk spent big on the 2026 midterm elections. A deleted X post shows how well those donations turned out.Annabelle Gordon/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesElon Musk urged Americans to "vote red" ahead of the midterm elections.Then, a blunami.The post was no longer on Musk's timeline on Wednesday morning following the Democratic sweep.Elon Musk posted a simple Election Day message Tuesday: "Vote red today!"Americans largely didn't follow his advice. Then, it seems, he deleted the post.On Wednesday, hours after Democrats surged to tsunami-like wins in the midterm elections, that Musk plea to vote for Republicans vanished from his X timeline. Musk didn't immediately respond to Business Insider's questions about why the "vote red" post was removed.Early on Wednesday, as the results became clear, he appeared to shift strategy and joked on X about his failed midterm spending approach."Guess my election-interfering space lasers didn't work this time," he wrote. In a separate post, he…
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