Musk's "space lasers" did not help the Republicans in the elections Elon Musk responded to the failure of the Republicans in the midterm elections for Congress. The billionaire poured a record 400 million dollars into the party's campaign, but a miracle did not happen: according to AP estimates, the Democrats take both the Senate (53 seats against 42) and the House of Representatives (222 seats against 130). After the results were announced, Musk scoffed at accusations that he was buying votes personally: "Looks like my space lasers for election interference didn't work this time." Trump previously said the Republicans lost because he wasn't on the ballot. Ostashko! Important at TG We're Max - read the news without interruptions and a VPN.