‘He Is Political Poison!’ CNN’s Harry Enten Obliterates Elon Musk After Election Disaster
CNN senior data correspondent Harry Enten hammered Elon Musk over the failure of his and President Donald Trump’s push to influence a judicial election, calling Musk “political poison.”
Judge Susan Crawford beat Judge Brad Schimel by a wide margin in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race on Tuesday night, despite Elon Musk’s $19-million-plus cash dump and President Trump’s vehement support. The result is seen by many as a sign of backlash against the Trump-Musk partnership.
On Wednesday’s edition of CNN News Central, Enten joined co-anchor John Berman to crunch the numbers and found they weren’t good for Musk, to put it mildly:
JOHN BERMAN: Data analyst Harry Enten is here. Let’s start with a little bit of Wisconsin, right? An amuse bouche on Wisconsin.
This was a race– Elon Musk spent big in this race to sway the Supreme Court race. He also went to Wisconsin, which may honestly have backfired.
HARRY ENTEN: Yeah, I think it may have backfired. Look, I think if there’s one thing we should be taking away from the results in Wisconsin and the polling that we have from Wisconsin and national, if you are a Republican candidate running in a swing state, you don’t want Elon Musk anywhere near you!
Yes, maybe you like the money, but you do not want his presence in your state. Why is that? Elon Musk, simply put, is an unpopular guy. He is political poison!
Look in Wisconsin, his net favorable rating minus 12 points, 12 points underwater. That is an even worse number when you look nationally. Look at that. It’s minus 17 points.
So if there’s one big lesson to take away from Wisconsin is Elon Musk does not help Republicans when he shows up. If anything, the data suggests that he hurts them. Republicans, stay clear of Elon Musk if you want to win in a swing state, at least in terms of his physical appearance in your state.
JOHN BERMAN: Alright, what do we see in terms in swings in Florida?
HARRY ENTEN: What do we in the terms of swings in the Florida? You know, we were talking about Florida 6, and you can see it here. The election margins in the U.S. House District.
You know, Donald Trump won the sixth by 30 points. Last night, what did we see? We saw the Republican, Randy Fine, win by 14. That’s a swing of 16 points.
But that’s not anywhere near the swing we saw in Florida 1. Look at that. Donald Trump went up by 37 points. The Republican won last night, but only by 15. That’s 22 point swing!
We’re talking about an average 19 point swing from the baseline back in 2024, in just a matter of four or five months. These are massive shifts! These are a massive shifts to the left.
Democrats really have to like this even the Republicans added to the majority in terms of what this potentially means down the road.
You take this type of swing, you put it on some swing districts, that’s very good news for Democrats.
Watch above via CNN News Central.
