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Dulcinea

(8,523 posts)
Tue May 27, 2025, 07:35 AM May 27

Republicans face a future without Elon Musk's money

(The Hill) Tech billionaire Elon Musk is prompting questions about his next steps as he signals he might wind down his political activity.

Last week, the Tesla CEO said he’s planning to scale back his spending after injecting hundreds of millions of dollars into the 2024 election, a big potential blow for GOP campaign coffers moving forward.

The announcement comes as Musk also cools his involvement in the Trump White House to turn more attention to his businesses — even as voices on both sides of the aisle are skeptical that the megadonor will make a full exit from politics.

“Anytime the biggest donor says he’s going to pull back, that’s a concern for the party,” GOP strategist Alex Conant said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-face-future-without-elon-155738107.html

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Republicans face a future without Elon Musk's money (Original Post) Dulcinea May 27 OP
Children in the US and the Sudan face a future of hunger BOSSHOG May 27 #1
Musk Will Not Pull Back Blue_Wolf May 27 #2
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote May 27 #5
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote May 28 #6
musk will donate to GQPs.... Lovie777 May 27 #3
I'm sure there are a lot of suckers and rich folks who will make up for it. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 27 #4

BOSSHOG

(42,710 posts)
1. Children in the US and the Sudan face a future of hunger
Tue May 27, 2025, 07:41 AM
May 27

I’m struggling to find sympathy for the monsters with conservative values.

Blue_Wolf

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2. Musk Will Not Pull Back
Tue May 27, 2025, 07:54 AM
May 27

It is in his economic and (despicable) ideological interests to continue funding the magat party. There is no true Republican Party anymore. He may claim that his focus will shift to his businesses to reassure investors, but he will never stop trying to buy influence.

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