Scum of a feather, sticking together, part 2.
CNN’s Patrick Svitek provided some more context, writing that “a day after SLF got each of these donations, it sent the same amount to Texas PAC,” detailing “$75M to Texas PAC on Sept. 10” and “$83M to Texas PAC on Sept. 24.”
Paxton is running against Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico. The Republican’s campaign, though, has been plagued by a string of controversies. Most recently, a Wall Street Journal report featured video of him celebrating New Year’s Eve in Dubai with two men facing federal criminal charges in the U.S.
Nonetheless, Republicans spent $122 million in just the month of September to support him.
“Texas PAC is 100% funded by the Senate Leadership Fund,” continued Schleifer on social media. “All money is fungible, yeah. But Elon Musk, indirectly, financed Texas PAC for Paxton.”