Talarico accuses Musk of buying his ‘own personal U.S. Senator’

Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico hit back at Elon Musk, accusing the technology mogul of trying to “buy his own personal” senator through massive campaign donations for Talarico’s opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton (R).

“There is something deeply wrong with a political system that allows one trillionaire to buy his own personal U.S. Senator,” Talarico wrote Wednesday on social platform X, the social media platform owned by Musk.

Talarico was responding to a recent post from Musk, who suggested “there is something deeply wrong” with the Democratic nominee. Musk formally endorsed Paxton earlier this week after campaign finance records indicated the SpaceX CEO spent more than $150 million on........

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