Liberal judge Susan Crawford directly called out top Donald Trump ally Elon Musk during her victory speech Tuesday night after winning a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
The billionaire supporter of President Donald Trump and his affiliated groups spent more than $21 million supporting the conservative in the race in hopes of breaking liberals' 4-3 majority on the court.
Susan Crawford has won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, NBC News projects, allowing liberals to maintain their narrow majority on the battleground state’s highest court — and defying Elon Musk after he spent millions of dollars to oppose her.
He has made his account private on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that Musk owns. More: All our reporting on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race between Susan Crawford,
As Democrats celebrate a battleground-state win in the most expensive judicial campaign in U.S. history, President Donald Trump and the GOP are confronting a worrying early sign about what the intense spotlight on the influence of Elon Musk means for the party.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss what the elections in Wisconsin and Florida mean for Democrats, his reaction to Sen. Booker’s “soulful, authentic” record-breaking speech,
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Energized against the new Trump era, and against Elon Musk, Democrats pulled off a crucial judicial victory in Wisconsin and cut into Republican margins in two Florida congressional races.