Elon Musk deletes “Vote red today!” and other Republican-supporting posts
After the 2026 midterm elections, Elon Musk deleted the Election Day post “Vote red today!” as well as a pinned October 29 post that called for voting for Republican Senate candidates. Snopes confirmed the deletions through archives, and Grok also confirmed in response to user questions that the related posts had been removed.
Musk invested about $458 million to $474 million through super political action committees and other channels to support Republican candidates in this round of midterm elections, making him one of the largest donors. Democrats won majorities in both chambers in the elections, including the Texas Senate seat in which Musk had heavily invested.
Musk did not publicly explain why he deleted them. His account still retains other recent posts and reposts supporting Republicans. After the election, he posted brief comments about data centers and the election results.
Original source:
Title: Fact Check: Musk deleted 'Vote red today!' post after Democrats' midterm gains
Publisher: Snopes
Publication date: 2026-11-05
URL: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-deleted-vote-red-today-tweet/
Source type: fact-checking media
Verification status: Read the report, confirmed archive evidence and deletion status
Supporting content: deletion of the “Vote red today!” post, deletion of the pinned post, Grok confirmation
ABAB AI Insight
Musk deleted the post on Election Day that directly called for voting Republican, as well as the pinned post supporting a Senate candidate. The deletions happened after Democrats won a majority.
He had previously invested hundreds of millions of dollars through political action committees to support Republicans. Public information shows that the deletions occurred, but no statement from Musk explaining his motive was provided.
From the public record, this was an action to remove explicit Election Day partisan appeals from the timeline. Other content supporting Republicans remains visible.
Structurally, the deletions were close in time to the announcement of the election results. They changed the visibility of specific posts, but did not involve the redirection of funds or the withdrawal of an official political stance statement.
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The “Vote red today!” post was deleted after the election results, as confirmed by archives and Grok.
A pinned post supporting a Republican Senate candidate was also removed.
Musk invested about $458 million to $474 million to support Republicans in this round of midterm elections.