{
  "id": 18476200,
  "title": "Elon Musk Deletes Posts Urging Republican Votes After Democrats Win US Midterms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/elon-musk-deletes-posts-urging-republican-votes-after-democrats-win",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T08:56:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/elon-musk-deletes-posts-urging-republican-votes-after-democrats-win-us-midterms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Elon Musk has reportedly taken down posts urging Americans to vote Republican after Democrats secured control of both chambers of Congress in the US midterms. According to Forbes, these posts included his Election Day message, \"Vote red today!\", and a pinned October 29 post urging votes for Republican senators. The pinned post is believed to have been removed early Wednesday, shortly after Democrat James Talarico was declared the winner of the Texas Senate race, defeating Ken Paxton, a candidate Musk had heavily supported. A spokesperson from X, the platform Musk uses, confirmed that Musk was indeed deleting such posts, stating it was \"True.\"\n\nMusk, the largest individual donor in modern US political history, had spent at least $458 million backing conservative candidates this cycle, with about $216 million going to his super PAC, America PAC. He had backed 106 House and Senate candidates, of which 19 won, all in seats Republicans were expected to win. Another 47 lost, and 40 races remained uncalled.\n\nDespite the result, Musk has not been silent. He joked about his \"election-interfering space lasers\" not working this time. Additionally, he responded to a post by commenting on the defeat of a California ballot measure on photo identification for voting, referring to it as \"Voter ID failed in California.\" His posts on Tuesday were mostly Grok promotions, with the \"Vote red today!\" message being the notable exception.",
  "summary": "Elon Musk appears to have deleted posts urging Americans to vote Republican after Democrats won both chambers of Congress. Musk had reportedly spent at least $458 million backing conservative candidates. What was deleted Forbes reported that the removed posts include his Election Day message, \"Vote red today!\", and a pinned October 29 post urging votes for Republican senators. It said the pinned…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}