John Oliver Dunks on Midterms Losers Elon Musk and Haley Stevens

Senate, Deb Haaland of New Mexico being the first Native American woman elected governor of a U. S. state, and Georgia’s Keisha Lance Bottoms elected the first Black woman governor of a U. The comic also applauded how, “Abdul El-Sayed won in Michigan, meaning all the hateful shit thrown his way did not work, and also that this woman [Haley Stevens] imploded her own political career for nothing. Then, you realize Susan Collins lost too! A decade of having to listen to her express reservations about something before going ahead and doing it anyway are finally fucking over.” But wait, there’s more: “Then it hits you that Elon Musk wasted so much money! The half a billion dollars he spent to try and buy the election just went up in flames faster than a parked Cybertruck. Speaking of which: we also learned this week he’s ending production of Cybertrucks, which isn’t an election result but kind of feels like one.” Yes, Musk spent nearly $500 million during the midterm election cycle, including $200 million to (unsuccessfully) defeat Senator-elect James Talarico in Texas; while Stevens, a supposed Democrat, backed GOP candidate Mike Rogers over her primary rival (and eventual winner) El-Sayed.