Talarico campaign targets Musk's Texas Senate spending

Summarised from CNBC's report · Updated 23 Oct, 16:15 · Archive

James Talarico's campaign has released an ad attacking Elon Musk's spending in the Texas Senate race.

James Talarico's Democratic campaign released an ad Thursday attacking Elon Musk for his record spending in the Texas Senate race in favour of Republican Ken Paxton. The video, posted on X, accuses Musk of funding dark money super PACs running attack ads against Talarico and claims the billionaire is trying to install 'his own personal U.S. senator' who will owe him everything. The ad states 'Texas is not for sale'.

Musk has spent around 366 million dollars across 40 races so far in the midterms, making him the largest individual donor of the cycle. The two have feuded publicly on social media this week. Musk posted on Wednesday that 'there is something deeply wrong with James Talarico' and on Thursday wrote that Talarico 'hates Texas and America'. Talarico fired back, saying there is something wrong with 'a political system that allows one trillionaire to buy his own personal U.S. Senator'. The ad came with less than two weeks until the election.

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