Elon Musk Deleted His “Vote Red Today!” Post After Democrats Swept the Midterms, and His Own Chatbot Pointed It Out
by Sari Moon · Thought CatalogBy Sari Moon
Updated 37 minutes ago, November 9, 2026
Elon Musk deleted his election-day plea to vote Republican after Democrats swept the midterms, and his own AI chatbot, Grok, pointed it out. The deleted post was two words: “Vote red today!” Musk put it up November 3, and by early November 4, after Democrats swept the midterms, it was gone.
An archive capture made at 4:36 a.m. UTC on November 4 still showed it with nearly 12 million views. The original link now returns X’s missing-page message.
Then came the twist that made the deletion impossible to bury. Users asked Grok, Musk’s own AI chatbot, what he had scrubbed.
According to its answer, the removal happened early November 4, following midterm losses that included Texas races Musk had funded heavily. The post it identified was the November 3 “Vote red today!” post, status 2117626744668905487.
One user summed it up: “Musk can hide it Grok can flaunt it.”
Related Articles
The spending behind it was staggering. OpenSecrets, using federal filings, put Musk above $445 million this cycle, the single largest donor of the midterms. The New York Times tallied $474 million since January 1, 2025, with $212 million aimed at Ken Paxton’s Senate race alone, and called even that an undercount.
It didn’t work. James Talarico beat Paxton for Senate, and Gina Hinojosa beat Governor Greg Abbott, whom Musk had backed with at least $5 million. “All the money in the world is no match for the people of Texas,” Talarico said in his victory remarks.
Musk has not said why the post came down. That explanation came from Grok.
Thank you for reading Thought Catalog. You can follow us on Facebook here. Or check out our website.