At a rally on the same bill as Bernie Sanders, Congressman Greg Casar says Musk has spent at least $300 million trying to buy seats for Republicans and funded most of Ken Paxton's campaign. He argues Donald Trump handed Musk control of the government through DOGE in exchange for Musk buying Trump the election, and says Musk then gave himself a big tax cut and kept billions in government contracts.
The receipt
- Who
- Congressman Greg Casar
- Where
- rally - El Paso early-voting rally with Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke and Veroni
- Original footage
- Project America | News · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 55 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 143 on Instagram
Read the transcript
Did you all see this? Elon Musk has spent at least $300 million trying to buy seats for Republicans this election. He's funded the majority of Ken Paxton's campaign. You might ask yourself, why? Who the hell would do that? Well, we should go back to the beginning of Donald Trump's administration. Y 'all remember the so -called Department of Government Efficiency, right? Doge. That's when Donald Trump handed complete control of the government to Elon Musk, made him his little co -president in exchange for Elon Musk having bought Donald Trump that election. And then what did Musk do with his power? First, Musk gave himself a big tax cut, and he got to keep billions in government contracts for himself.
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