WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Elon Musk ne is par mazaq kiya, jab unhon ne US midterms mein Republicans ki madad ke liye taqreeban 50 crore dollar kharch kiye aur unhein Congress ke donon aiwanon mein shikast khate dekha.
"Shayad election mein mudakhlat karne wali meri space lasers is baar kaam nahin kar sakeen," duniya ke ameer tareen shakhs ne X par likha aur saath shrug emoji bhi shamil kiya.
Campaign finance tracker Open Secrets ke mutabiq, 2010 mein ghair mehdood siyasi akhrajat ki ijazat milne ke baad se Musk wafaqi election cycle mein sab se bare infiradi donor ban gaye hain. Un ke paise ka zyada hissa America PAC ko gaya, jo group unhon ne 2024 mein banaya tha, aur Republican super PAC Senate Leadership Fund ko.
Un ki sab se bari infiradi shikast Texas mein aayi, jahan ab Tesla, SpaceX aur X ka markaz hai. Senate Leadership Fund ne woh 15 crore 80 lakh dollar, jo unhon ne September mein fund ko diye thay, Ken Paxton ki himayat ke liye istemal kiye, jinhein Democrat James Talarico ne shikast di. Talarico 1994 ke baad se Texas mein sooba bhar ke kisi ohde par jeetne wale pehle Democrat hain.
Talarico ne apni kamyabi ki taqreer mein is baat ko numayan kiya. "Is intikhabi muqabale mein hamara saamna hamare apne Goliaths se tha," unhon ne kaha. "Duniya ke ameer tareen shakhs, duniya ke sab se taqatwar shakhs aur Washington, DC ki poori establishment se."
Democrats ne siyasat mein bare paise ke asar ke khilaf muhim chalayi thi. Is saal ke intikhabat par kul akhrajat ka andaza taqreeban 12 arab dollar tak pahunchne ka lagaya gaya tha, jo midterm ke liye ab tak ki sab se zyada raqam hai.
