Ex-Trump aide: Elon Musk's failure 'could get in the way' of his relationship with Trump
Last night, the biggest loser in Wisconsin wasn't Brad Schimel, the far-right conservative running for the state Supreme Court seat, the co-hosts of "The View" argued on Wednesday. The biggest loser was tech billionaire Elon Musk, who spent over $25 million trying to elect Schimel, Newsweek calculated.
"You know inflation is out of control when you can't buy an election for $20 million," joked Joy Behar.
However, former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin wondered if losses like this would impact Musk's relationship with President Donald Trump.
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"What Elon Musk did — he may have actually motivated people against voting with the Republicans," Griffin said.
"If you come in days before, slap on a cheesehead hat and say, I'm going to buy this election, they don't like that and I think that there could be some implications here," she continued. "I've been saying I don't think the Trump/Elon Musk relationship will last long. This could get in the way."
Griffin explained that Trump "likes winning," and "having a clean record of people he's endorsed. And this shows that Elon Musk doesn't get it when it comes to politics."