On CBS Mornings, the host says Musk reportedly spent more than $150 million to keep Talarico out of the U.S. Senate. Talarico answers that Texas voters sent "the world's first trillionaire" a clear message, "Texas is not for sale," and calls his win a mandate to overhaul campaign finance so billionaires "can't buy puppet politicians."
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- Who
- James Talarico
- Where
- interview - CBS Mornings
- Original footage
- CBS Mornings · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 54 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 117 on Instagram
Read the transcript
Elon Musk spent more than $150 million reportedly to make sure that you didn't make it to the United States. Senate, do you have a message for him this morning? Well, I think last night the people of Texas delivered a crystal clear message to the world's first trillionaire. Texas is not for sale. The power in this state in this country belongs to the people and we gotta make sure it stays that way. It's why this is a mandate to clean up government, to overhaul our campaign finance system, to get this big money out of our politics, so a trillionaire like Elon Musk can't buy puppet politicians to do his bidding. And so I'm thankful that the people of Texas stood up to that corrupt influence. But I hope it is—it is a—I hope it's an opportunity for us as a nation to get it out of our politics for good.
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