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Musk May Use Starlink Profits to Target Moderate Republicans, Senator Warns

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GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she won’t stop criticizing Trump’s methods, despite Elon Musk potentially using Starlink revenue to fund primary challengers against her and her colleagues.
publican senator is suggesting that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk might use Starlink profits to influence US politics, like funding candidates aligned with his views.
„I’ve never seen Alaskans that are so worried, that are so panicked“, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said at a Tuesday press conference.
She criticized President Trump’s ongoing efforts to cut federal agencies, including laying off probationary government employees in her home state, and pledged to continue speaking out despite potential blowback from the White House and Musk, a major Trump ally.
„It may be that Elon Musk has decided he’s going to take the next billion dollars he makes off of Starlink and put it directly against Lisa Murkowski,” she said. “And you know what? That may happen.

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