'No one elected Elon': Musk reportedly plans midterms money dump despite damaged image

[0:00] I want to start tonight with an intervention for a guy who, well, I think might have a [0:05] serious problem. [0:06] Do you regret getting so involved in politics? [0:12] Do you think it was a good thing to do? [0:14] I think I got a little too involved in politics, got carried away, frankly. [0:19] Great job, Elon. [0:21] The first step is admitting you have a problem. [0:24] That was Elon Musk this week in an interview with The Economist, confessing that he got [0:28] too involved in politics. [0:31] It turns out that guy just can't quit, because less than a week after that interview, we [0:37] got this news first reported by Axios last night, quote, Elon Musk is planning a massive [0:44] push for the Republican Party in this year's midterms, a report that Musk's resuscitating [0:49] his dormant super PAC and has been in talks with Trump's team about how he can help in [0:56] the midterms. [0:58] The New York Times then posted a story of their own, revealing that Musk plans to spend [1:02] at least $100 million in this year's election. [1:06] He apparently intends to target Senate races in five states, Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, [1:13] and Ohio. [1:14] And he's thinking about getting involved in North Carolina, Georgia, and Texas as well. [1:19] Now, folks, does that sound like a guy who really thinks he's too involved in politics? [1:26] Remember, remember what happened the last time Elon decided to enter the political arena [1:32] and become involved in politics. [1:35] After helping Trump get elected in 2024, Musk sparked outrage and protests all across the [1:41] country when he and his merry band of 20 year olds started hacking away at critical government [1:46] programs, firing career civil servants and cutting social safety nets, all without delivering [1:53] any discernible benefit to the American people. [1:55] But like anyone with a serious problem, Elon Musk is still in denial about all of that. [2:02] I think there is, it is a fair criticism that the way you shut down a whole bunch of programs [2:08] probably, in fact, certainly caused unnecessary suffering. [2:11] I mean, no, no, no, no, you don't buy that at all? [2:16] It caused a lot of complaining. [2:21] Elon Musk says everything is going fine and everyone is just complaining. [2:25] Well, Harvard School of Public Health estimates that Musk's closure of USAID led to deaths of [2:31] hundreds of thousands of people abroad. [2:33] And researchers predict those same cuts could lead to millions of more deaths by the end of [2:40] this decade. [2:41] And how is the government doing with foreign aid and the aftermath of Musk's cuts? [2:47] Well, this week, the State Department participated in a global conference in Brazil, right? [2:52] All good. [2:53] Where they presented this map to conference attendees to highlight their funding of HIV programs [3:00] in Africa. [3:01] OK, folks, now look closely at this map. [3:03] You will see that they mislabeled every single African country on the continent. [3:11] Not a single one is in the right place. [3:15] So that's how things have been going since Musk gutted foreign aid programs and more than [3:20] a year ago. [3:22] And what about Musk's goal of cutting the deficit? [3:25] Well, he didn't do that either. [3:28] Just listen to what one of Elon's loyal tech bros had to admit in a deposition as part of [3:33] a lawsuit brought against Doge. [3:35] You don't regret that people might have lost important income to support their lives? [3:44] No. [3:44] I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit from $2 trillion to close [3:49] to zero. [3:50] Did you reduce the federal deficit? [3:52] No, we didn't. [3:53] So you weren't able to reduce the deficit and you still don't regret that people lost some [4:00] of their livelihood based on your actions? [4:03] Exactly. [4:04] No. [4:05] Now, the guy who brought you that disaster wants to jump back into the political arena. [4:13] And what will Musk's goal be this time? [4:16] What does he think a Republican Congress can help him achieve? [4:19] Well, here's a headline from this week that might give you an idea. [4:23] Quote, Elon Musk's ex-AI sues Minnesota over its first-in-the-nation law banning [4:29] nudification technology. [4:32] Okay. [4:33] You see, Minnesota state legislature passed a law banning AI tools that let users generate [4:39] sexually explicit images of people without their consent. [4:43] Okay. [4:44] Now, Musk and his company is fighting that law. [4:49] That's the kind of thing Elon Musk is focused on right now. [4:52] Overturning laws that stop his AI robots from undressing you on the internet. [4:57] And now that guy is planning to commit $100 million to help Republicans stay in power this [5:04] November. [5:05] Remember, Elon Musk spent more money than any other political donor in history to help Donald [5:11] Trump get elected in 2024. [5:14] Then in 2025, he tried to buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court election, handing out millions of dollars, [5:20] a million dollar checks to voters in a stunt that Wisconsin election officials say was probably [5:26] illegal. [5:27] But the result of that spending have been mixed at best. [5:32] Musk's candidate lost in that Wisconsin Supreme Court race when Democrats turned out in record [5:37] numbers to push back against Musk and his influence. [5:40] And Musk is still just as toxic voters. [5:44] A YouGov poll from last month found Americans disapprove of Musk by a 14-point margin. [5:50] And independent voters disapprove of him by a 33-point margin. [5:54] If anything, Musk's late entrance into this election cycle shows just how desperate Republicans really [6:02] are.