Musk donates over $150 million to Senate GOP group, assisting Paxton

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorElon Musk has donated more than one hundred fifty million dollars to a Senate Republican group, helping Texas candidate Ken Paxton.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBartholomew Nakashima-Reyes advises on this for a living.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBartholomew, that is a lot of money. Why would someone give that much to a race?

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   Bartholomew Nakashima-ReyesTo help the candidate win. And that's billable, at four thousand dollars an hour. I flipped the timer already.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's the whole analysis? You said the sentence a child would say.

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   Bartholomew Nakashima-ReyesA child would say it for free, which is why the child is not on my retainer. And that's billable, now at forty-five hundred.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorForty-five hundred. The rate went up while you were talking.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet me ask you something harder. Does a donation this size matter in a Senate race?

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   Bartholomew Nakashima-ReyesMoney matters in elections, Vera. That finding is five thousand dollars an hour, and I will not discuss it further without a signed engagement.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut you didn't answer whether it matters in this race. You answered whether money exists.

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    Bartholomew Nakashima-ReyesWhether money exists is the foundation of my firm, and that's billable. I'll be honest, I have no clients in this race.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo you read the same headline I did.

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    Bartholomew Nakashima-ReyesI read it slower, and with a timer. That's six thousand an hour, Vera.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLast question. Is it free to say goodnight?

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    Bartholomew Nakashima-ReyesGoodnight is seven thousand dollars an hour. I'll send the invoice to the desk.