On Late Night, Seth Meyers' "A Closer Look" comedy segment, titled in part "Musk Tries to Buy Texas," says Musk is the largest single disclosed donor of this election cycle, with more than $400 million spent, much of it in Texas, and about $158 million donated to help Ken Paxton beat James Talarico. The segment plays a clip of Talarico at a Lubbock, Texas rally, where he says text messages "saying scary things about me" came from Musk. The list of Musk's doings then turns into a string of jokes.
The receipt
- Who
- James Talarico
- Where
- monologue - Late Night with Seth Meyers
- Original footage
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 51 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 160 on Instagram
Read the transcript
Elon Musk is a big reason why he is the largest single disclosed donor of this election cycle with more than $400 million spent, much of it in Texas. So far, Elon Musk has donated about $158 million to help Ken Paxton beat James Tallorico. In all likelihood, if you've seen an attack out on your TV, that was Elon. If you've gotten lies in your mailbox, that was If you've received a text message saying scary things about me with scary black -and -white photos, that was Elon, too. If you saw a white guy dressed as Morpheus for Halloween, that was Elon. If you saw a guy at the hair salon telling his barber to give him the Kim Jong -un, that was Elon. If you saw a dumbass holding a chainsaw and screaming, Chainsaw... Chainsaw! ...that was Elon.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.