Elon Musk's 'vote red' post vanished after Election Day

• Elon Musk urged Americans to “vote red” ahead of the midterm elections.
• Then, a blunami.
• The post was no longer on Musk’s timeline on Wednesday morning following the Democratic sweep.

Americans largely didn’t follow his advice. Then, it seems, he deleted the post.

Musk didn’t immediately respond to Business Insider’s questions about why the “vote red” post was removed.

“Guess my election-interfering space lasers didn’t work this time,” he wrote. In a separate post, he said, “Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now.”

The SpaceX CEO was the largest single donor during this midterms cycle, spending more than $440 million to back Republican candidates. He also used X as a platform to deride Democratic opponents.

Texas, where Musk has reincorporated both SpaceX and Tesla, was a particular focus. He spent $224 million to back Texas Republicans during the race, per The New York Times, and, on X, called the Democratic now-Senator-elect, James Talarico, a “far extreme leftist,” a “creep,” and “pure evil.” Those posts are still live as of the time of publishing.

The midterms could have major regulatory, contracting, and policy implications for Musk — and shares of both Tesla and SpaceX slumped on Wednesday as investors digested the election results. Data center companies are also flashing red.

Musk is not the only Silicon Valley-to-Texas tech bro processing the collapse of a longtime Republican stronghold. Some “All-In” podcast hosts and Texas-based AI executives have started publicly mourning the midterm results.

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