{"id":1052400,"date":"2025-04-03T19:10:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1052400"},"modified":"2025-04-03T19:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:10:05","slug":"what-theyre-saying-elon-musk-suffers-humiliating-loss-in-wisconsin-as-voters-reject-the-musk-trump-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/what-theyre-saying-elon-musk-suffers-humiliating-loss-in-wisconsin-as-voters-reject-the-musk-trump-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT THEY\u2019RE SAYING: Elon Musk Suffers Humiliating Loss In Wisconsin As Voters Reject the Musk-Trump Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, Elon Musk\u2019s dream of buying a seat on Wisconsin\u2019s Supreme Court to further his and Trump\u2019s far-right agenda was crushed as Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly elected liberal Judge Susan Crawford. In the days since, Trump and Musk haven\u2019t been able to escape the headlines touting Wisconsinite&#8217;s resounding rejection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what they\u2019re saying about Trump and Elon\u2019s shellacking in Wisconsin:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/musks-political-baggage-polls-show-americans-sour-trumps-most-visible-advisor\">Fox News<\/a>: \u201cMusk&#8217;s political baggage: Polls show Americans sour on Trump&#8217;s most visible advisor\u201d<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/wisconsin-election-results-elon-musk.html\">New York Magazine<\/a>: \u201cElon Musk Goes Bust\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/elon-musk-wisconsin-supreme-court-voter-id-b2726082.html\">The Independent<\/a>: \u201cElon Musk mocked for trying to spin the Wisconsin election result: \u2018You failed, you couldn\u2019t buy the vote\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/musk-mocked-relentlessly-over-his-spectacular-election-flub\/\">Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cMusk Mocked Relentlessly Over His Spectacular Election Flub\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2025\/04\/elon-musk-susan-crawford-wisconsin-supreme-court\/\">Mother Jones<\/a>: \u201cElon Musk Tried to Buy Wisconsin\u2019s Supreme Court. He Lost.\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/musk-suffers-humiliating-loss-at-hands-of-wisconsin-voters\/\">Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cMusk Suffers Humiliating Loss at Hands of Wisconsin Voters\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2025\/04\/02\/elon-musk-intervention-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-falls-flat\/82417857007\/\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a>: \u201cElon Musk proved &#8216;more of an anvil than a buoy&#8217; in GOP&#8217;s massive Wisconsin Supreme Court loss\u201d\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/elon-musk-wisconsin-loss_n_67eca270e4b0923ef8b4847b\">HuffPost<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Failed Spectacularly\u2019: Critics Troll Elon Musk After \u2018Humiliating\u2019 Loss In Wisconsin\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/02\/elon-musk-favorability-tesla-sales-dropped-wisconsin-loss\">Axios<\/a>: \u201cElon Musk is on a losing streak\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2025\/04\/elon-musk-wisconsin-state-supreme-court-election.html\">Slate<\/a>: \u201cA Few Takeaways From Elon Musk\u2019s Utter Humiliation in Wisconsin\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/193514\/trump-suddenly-set-cut-musk-loose-knives-come-wi-fiasco\">New Republic<\/a>: \u201cTrump Suddenly Set to Cut Musk Loose as Knives Come Out Over WI Fiasco\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, Elon Musk\u2019s dream of buying a seat on Wisconsin\u2019s Supreme Court to further his and Trump\u2019s far-right agenda was crushed as Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly elected liberal Judge Susan Crawford. In the days since, Trump and Musk haven\u2019t been able to escape the headlines touting Wisconsinite&#8217;s resounding rejection. Here\u2019s what they\u2019re saying about Trump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WHAT THEY\u2019RE SAYING: Elon Musk Suffers Humiliating Loss In Wisconsin As Voters Reject the Musk-Trump Agenda - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/what-theyre-saying-elon-musk-suffers-humiliating-loss-in-wisconsin-as-voters-reject-the-musk-trump-agenda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-03T23:10:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-03T23:10:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/what-theyre-saying-elon-musk-suffers-humiliating-loss-in-wisconsin-as-voters-reject-the-musk-trump-agenda\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/what-theyre-saying-elon-musk-suffers-humiliating-loss-in-wisconsin-as-voters-reject-the-musk-trump-agenda\/\",\"name\":\"WHAT THEY\u2019RE SAYING: Elon Musk Suffers Humiliating Loss In Wisconsin As Voters Reject the Musk-Trump Agenda - 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