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Oh, great—Elon Musk is trying to buy elections again



Right-wing billionaire Elon Musk continues to exert his influence over the
Republican Party, this time with a $10 million donation to a political action
committee backing Senate candidate Nate Morris in Kentucky.

Axios reported Monday that Musk made the donation after meeting with Vice
President JD Vance and other senior White House officials in November. The
contribution is Musk’s largest ever to a Senate candidate.




 



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So far, nine other Republican candidates have declared their candidacy for the
seat, which is being vacated by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell.

The donation comes at an awkward time for Musk and Morris. Musk’s AI chatbot,
Grok, has recently been blocked in several countries after it generated
unauthorized sexual images of people—including children. The bot is also under
investigation in California.

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont slammed the donation, highlighting
the transaction as a symptom of the corrupting influence of money over politics.

“Are we really living in a democracy when the richest man on earth can spend
as much as he wants to elect his candidates?” Sanders wrote on X. “The most
important thing our nation can do is end Citizens United and move to public
funding of elections. Billionaires can’t be allowed to buy elections.”





 



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Morris is a friend of Vance’s from when they worked together in the venture
capital industry. A self-labeled MAGA extremist, Morris once said that he
supports a ban on legal immigration until undocumented people residing in the
United States are removed.

While Musk’s contribution to President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign certainly
helped him win, Musk’s donations haven’t always translated into success. In
2025, he poured millions into the conservative candidate in the Wisconsin
Supreme Court race, but liberal Susan Crawford won.

Musk has announced plans to support other Republican candidates this year—a
reversal from his very public fight with Trump in 2025. Musk’s support for the
GOP also undermines his own political party, the “America Party,” that he
rolled out last year.

But like so many other of Musk’s promises, that has gone absolutely nowhere.



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