https://www.thedailybeast.com/musk-suffers-humiliating-loss-at-hands-of-wisconsin-voters/
Wisconsin voters handed Elon Musk a resounding defeat Tuesday, coming out in record numbers to cast their ballots against his wishes and maintain the state’s 4-3 liberal Supreme Court majority.
The campaign quickly became the most expensive state Supreme Court race in history, with billionaire donors like Musk, George Soros, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker flooding both candidates with cash ahead of election day. In all, more than $100 million was spent on both candidates, more than doubling the previous record and rivaling some recent Senate races.
Musk has been particularly involved in the race, making a number of hyperbolic statements about its importance during media appearances and attending a series of events in the state in the contest’s waning days. He was at a last minute tele-town hall appearance Monday night, where he claimed that the race would lead to a cascading series of events that would likely decide “whether Republicans or Democrats control the House of Representatives.”
The billionaire also gave away $1 million each to two voters Sunday at an event in Green Bay to promote Schimel. Several reports claimed that groups affiliated with the Tesla CEO have spent around $20 million in total on the race.
Here's the bigger problem everyone misses.
ReplyDeleteIn a country where a significant portion of the population lives in poverty, where schools are crumbling and people can't afford decent lodgings, $100 million just got spent on self-promotion for a few candidates.
How many billions are spent on presidential campaigns? How many people could be fed and housed for that amount?
This is the real shanda of the system.