寻求德克萨斯州联邦参议员席位的民主党提名人詹姆斯·塔拉里科周三晚间针对埃隆·马斯克的一条X帖子进行了反击，马斯克在几小时前曾在帖中称：“塔拉里科身上有什么深层次的问题。”塔拉里科在回复马斯克的推文时写道：“一个允许一位万亿富翁买下属于他个人的美国参议员的政治体制，才是有着深层次问题的。”
James Talarico the Democratic nominee seeking a Senate seat from Texas fired back Wednesday night at Elon Musk for an X post in which the world's richest man hours earlier had said, "There is something deeply wrong with Talarico." "There is something deeply wrong with a political system that allows one trillionaire to buy his own personal U.S. Senator," Talarico wrote in reply to Musk's tweet.
据休斯顿公共媒体报道，塔拉里科周三早些时候在休斯顿大学主校区的UH希尔顿酒店发表竞选演讲时，点名批评了马斯克。
Talarico earlier Wednesday, during a campaign speech at the UH Hilton on the main campus of the University of Houston, called out Musk.
塔拉里科说：“极有可能，如果你在屏幕上看到过攻击性广告，那是埃隆搞的。如果你在信箱里收到过谎言，那是埃隆搞的。如果你收到过发送关于我的恐吓内容的短信，那也是埃隆搞的。埃隆·马斯克想要我们的土地。他想要我们的水。他想要我们的纳税人的钱。他想要属于他个人的美国参议员。他在试图买下德克萨斯州。但在11月3日，我们将向世界首位万亿富翁发出一个明确的信息：德克萨斯州不是待价而沽的。”
"In all likelihood, if you've seen an attack ad on your screen, that was Elon. If you've gotten lies in your mailbox, that was Elon," Talarico said, according to a report by Houston Public Media "If you've received a text message saying scary things about me, that was Elon too," Talarico said. "Elon Musk wants our land. He wants our water. He wants our taxpayer dollars. He wants his very own personal United States Senator. He is trying to buy Texas. But on Nov. 3, we are going to send a clear message to the world's first trillionaire: Texas is not for sale." The sniping between Musk and Talarico came five days after news broke that Musk donated $158 million to a Republican super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund, in September.
马斯克与塔拉里科的互撕发生在曝出马斯克于9月向共和党超级政治行动委员会“参议院领导基金”捐赠了1.58亿美元的消息五天后。
That money ended up with Texas PAC, a group that is backing Talarico's opponent, GOP nominee Ken Paxton the Texas attorney general.
这笔钱最终流向了“德克萨斯州政治行动委员会”，该组织支持塔拉里科的对手、共和党提名人、德克萨斯州检察长肯·帕克斯顿。
Musk also sent $10 million to Lone Star Liberty PAC, another group that is backing Paxton.
马斯克还向支持帕克斯顿的另一个组织“孤星自由政治行动委员会”捐赠了1000万美元。
Trump waives broad new Russia sanctions and tariffs under Graham Act 2026 midterms money race: Democrats surge as Musk backs Republicans Why Trump and GOP's billion-dollar midterm election blitz isn't working Musk, who is CEO of both SpaceX Tesla executed the big money dump as polls showed Paxton trailing Talarico in the contest.
特朗普根据《格雷厄姆法案》豁免广泛的新对俄制裁和关税 2026年中期选举资金竞赛：民主党声势大涨，马斯克支持共和党 为什么特朗普和共和党耗资数十亿美元的中期选举攻势收效甚微 当时民调显示帕克斯顿在竞争中落后于塔拉里科，马斯克作为SpaceX和特斯拉的首席执行官，实施了这笔巨额资金注入。
Talarico's campaign last week said he had raised $64 million in the third quarter of this year. That was the largest tally ever reported for a Senate candidate in a third quarter, his campaign said.
塔拉里科的竞选团队上周表示，他在今年第三季度筹集了6400万美元。他的竞选团队称，这是参议员候选人在第三季度报告的最高筹款额。
In comparison, Paxton's campaign raised just $18 million for the same quarter.
相比之下，帕克斯顿的竞选团队在同一季度仅筹集了1800万美元。
Paxton beat incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican primary earlier this year.
帕克斯顿在今年早些时候的共和党初选中击败了现任参议员约翰·科宁。他的竞选团队没有立即回应置评请求。
His campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.