He intends to purchase the Kentucky senate seat--and plenty more where that came from:
Elon Musk is flexing his political muscle again — and the GOP is responding
His recent footprint includes a $10 million investment in the Kentucky Senate race and an all-out influence campaign targeting Senate Republicans.
By
Meredith Lee Hill,
Mia McCarthy and
Jordain Carney
Politico 01/28/2026 04:45 AM EST
Just six months ago, most congressional Republicans kept their distance from Elon Musk after the tech mogul’s messy political breakup with President Donald Trump and his feverish attempt to kill their signature megabill.
Musk is persona non grata no longer, thanks to his mega checkbook and mega platform — both of which he is now using to influence the future of the GOP.
Republicans see his recent donation to a Kentucky Senate candidate as an encouraging sign that Musk will make good on his promises to back the GOP, and top House leaders are elated — especially those in charge of defending their razor-thin majority. Musk spent more than $260 million in the last election helping to elect Trump and Republicans.
“It’s definitely a positive development for us,” NRCC Chair Richard Hudson said in an interview.
He added, “By the way, when they had their rift, I told you all this would happen.”
That rift seemed unlikely to heal early on, with Musk accusing the president of covering up the Jeffrey Epstein files because Trump was named in the documents, then threatening to start his own political party.
But just six months later, Musk is back having dinners with Trump and attempting to steer GOP policy again — and he is making his presence felt in key offices on Capitol Hill.
Musk, who
posted on New Year’s Day that “America is toast if the radical left wins,” did not respond to requests for comment.
Recently he has used his 233-million-follower X account to push Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE Act — a
bill meant to tighten election laws to prevent noncitizens from voting, in part by imposing new proof-of-citizenship requirements and restricting mail voting.
The campaign has driven a huge volume of calls to member offices, according to two aides granted anonymity to discuss internal matters, forcing Republican after Republican to publicly state their support for the legislation. It has no Democratic support and has not been called up for a vote because it cannot overcome the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster hurdle.
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