Maddowblog-As Elon Musk amplifies white supremacist messaging, will Republicans keep his money?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

As the billionaire eyes a new round of support for GOP candidates, it's worth asking whether his contributions are radioactive.

Maybe this is just wishful thinking, but shouldn’t Elon Musk’s campaign contributions be considered radioactive right about now?

Especially as he plans to open his wallet again for Republicans ahead of the midterms? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-01-09T19:52:18.258Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/as-elon-musk-amplifies-white-supremacist-messaging-will-republicans-keep-his-money

Billionaire Elon Musk has been a highly controversial figure for quite a while, but the former DOGE chief is finding new ways to draw attention to himself. The Daily Beast reported:

President Donald Trump’s once and future First Buddy has endorsed a social media post calling for white people — especially men — to defend their political power against other races and ethnicities.

‘If White men become a minority, we will be slaughtered,’ a user going by the name Jerr wrote on X. ‘Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while White men hold a collective majority, then they will be 1000x times more hostile and cruel when they are a majority over Whites. White solidarity is the only way to survive.’

To be sure, Musk didn’t write that missive, but just days after dining with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the billionaire used the social media platform he owns to amplify and endorse the explicitly white supremacist message......

The trouble is, Musk (who’s made similar vows in the recent past before reversing course) has already indicated he’s ready to boost Republicans again ahead of Election Day 2026.

Axios reported a few weeks ago:

Elon Musk has begun funding the GOP’s House and Senate campaigns for the 2026 midterms — an indication his relationship with President Trump has thawed since their messy breakup earlier this year.

Musk — who threatened to launch a third party and support challengers to Republican incumbents during his dispute with Trump — is now firmly back in the GOP’s camp. The tech billionaire recently cut big checks to help Republicans win congressional races next year and indicated he’d give more throughout the 2026 cycle, two sources with knowledge of the situation tell Axios.

.....Will Republican beneficiaries of the billionaire’s generosity face questions about the propriety of accepting money from someone who amplifies white supremacist messages? Watch this space

[Javaman]

1. of course they will keep his money. as if there were ever a doubt.

they are part of the group think that lacks empathy, morals or ethics

[tblue37]

2. Voters don't like when Musk attempts to buy elections. His machinations should be loudly exposed to voters.

[haele]

3. Non-White men hate White men?

No, all men just minding their own business hate asshole bullies who think their shit don't stink...

Also, folks who break their backs working for pennies tend to hate the folks that make hundreds of thousands of dollars profit on the hard work they only pay a couple dollars their average work force for - and then scream and cry about how hard and evil it is to want to make them give up just a day sunbathing on a yacht in Malta over the winter just to give their entire company decent healthcare for a year.