MUSK DIDN'T VOTE: RED WAVE OR RED BUD? O EN EL AVION?

 By Juan Montoya

According to Vicente Gonzalez, the eventual winner of the U.S. District 34 seat to the U.S. House of Representatives, the Republican backers of losing incumbent Mayra Flores spent more than $7 million in a failed campaign to buy the election.

And Flores, who gained the endorsement of SpaceX and Tesla billionaire Elon Musk in her race – the richest man in the world – appeared to have more than enough of the financial wherewithal to harvest the vote and encourage Republican, Independents and, more importantly, crossover Democrats, to turn the southernmost congressional district red.

But in fact, records show that Musk did not vote for Flores, or for anyone else for that matter. 

As a result of the red wave that never materialized, Flores lost to Gonzalez 59,404 votes to 70,759. At that rate, the number of votes Flores got divided by the $7 million equals to $118 per vote. 

Both Flores and Musk predicted "a red wave" would sweep through South Texas and re-elected her to the seat, a seat that she had won only five months before with her win over former Democratic Cameron County commissioner Dan Sanchez.

But despite the torrents of Republican cash that flooded the airwaves on her behalf, alas, the red wave that she and Musk predicted would sweep Democratic candidates out to Gulf of Mexico did not materialize and, instead, just a slight ripple catapulted only one of three female Hispanic Republican candidates to Congress. 

Musk himself stated back in June when he voted Republican for the first time that his vote was with Flores.: "Massive red wave in 2022." "I voted for Mayra Flores. First time I ever voted Republican.

Flores immediately blamed those "Republican and Independents" who stayed home for the red wave that "didn't happen."

In response to press inquiries, and after reviewing the early voting and election-day lists of voters, Cameron County Elections and Voter Registration Department personnel have determined that Musk –  despite his apparent encouragement and enthusiasm for the "red wave" – himself did not give Flores what she needed more than his billions: his vote in the general election.

"No, our records show he did not cast a vote," said one.

"Oh, my God," se va a enojar Mayra," said a local political observer who heard the confirmation of Musk's non-vote.

We don't know if it was oversight by the Boca Chica billionaire, or whether he just plain forgot considering his multi-billion acquisition of Twitter and other preoccupations, for not voting for his favorite Republican. Or perhaps he finally found a good connection locally for some kick-ass, red-bud spliff and it simply slipped his mind.