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SNL Mocks Elon Musk After His Texas Midterm Campaign Spending Fails
Saturday Night Live mocked Elon Musk in a Weekend Update sketch hosted by Colin Jost.
Actor Jeremy Culhane played Musk, who responded to criticism with jokes about being roasted and changed the subject.
Musk spent more than $440 million backing candidates in the Texas midterm elections, but most of the candidates he supported lost.
The election results brought a Democratic wave in Texas, where Democrats won despite Musk's campaign spending.
Jost pointed out that Musk moved to Texas partly because California was run by Democrats, and asked how he felt about Texas now being run by Democrats.
The sketch made the election losses and Musk's Texas move its main targets, along with his habit of turning criticism into a joke.
Musk has also been in the spotlight because of a four-hour documentary about him, which is available to rent.
Saturday Night Live mocked Elon Musk after his heavy spending on Texas midterm campaigns failed to prevent Democratic gains.
TheWrap said Musk spent more than $440 million on the elections, while The Hollywood Reporter described the amount as nearly half a billion dollars.
Jeremy Culhane played Musk in a Weekend Update sketch with Colin Jost.
Jost highlighted the irony that Musk had moved to Texas partly because California was run by Democrats, and Texas was now also run by Democrats.
- Who
- Elon Musk was portrayed by SNL cast member Jeremy Culhane. Colin Jost appeared as himself.
- What
- SNL mocked Musk over his Texas midterm campaign spending and the candidates he backed losing.
- When
- The sketch aired on the Saturday before the articles were published on November 8, 2026.
- Where
- On Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update.
- Why
- Musk’s campaign spending failed to prevent Democratic gains in Texas. The sources say almost all the candidates he backed lost.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Musk’s major campaign investments in the midterms came up fruitless, with almost all the candidates he backed losing.
SNL aired a Weekend Update sketch in which Jeremy Culhane portrayed Musk and Colin Jost questioned him about the losses.
- Musk’s Texas campaign spending
- More than $440 million, according to TheWrap
- Candidates backed by Musk
- Almost all lost, according to the Hollywood Reporter
- SNL performer portraying Musk
- Jeremy Culhane
- Weekend Update co-anchor
- Colin Jost
- Publication date
- November 8, 2026
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What people are saying
I cannot believe you’re the richest person in the world.
You’re in the news because you wasted half a billion dollars on the midterms… almost all the candidates you backed lost
That was like an epic roast of me. Most vulgar.
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