The Texas Tribune reports:
Elon Musk gave $1 million last month to a powerful tort reform group that is one of the main political forces backing Republicans in battleground legislative races this fall, marking the tech mogul’s deepest foray yet into Texas politics. Musk’s donation to Texans for Lawsuit Reform is especially notable because of the group’s poor standing among some of Trump’s key allies in Texas. Known as TLR, the group was once widely heralded on the right for helping Republicans win control of Texas.
TLR reshaped Texas’ civil justice system by making it harder to sue businesses, a key priority of business leaders in the 1990s and 2000s, and has continued to pass tort reform legislation in the years since. But the group has been recently vilified by Attorney General Ken Paxton and his hardline allies, who believe TLR worked behind the scenes to orchestrate his impeachment last year. TLR insists it had nothing to do with Paxton’s impeachment.
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This is obviously about the environmental lawsuits SpaceX is facing in Texas, including one filed last month by the owners of Cards Against Humanity.
Elon Musk jumps into Texas election with $1M donation to pro-business PAC
This immigrant has a lot riding on this election. He’s literally buying votes.
“Pro-business” = “Anti-labor”#DemVoice1 #ElonIsWeird #ElectionInterference pic.twitter.com/YfPtk1rW8v
— Richard Smith (@Richard_ezio) October 9, 2024