A prominent ally of President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Americans to vote in 2026 to vote out which members of Congress will support the massive spending bill currently being considered in Congress.
Elon Musk, co-director of the president-elect's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is voting against the spending package negotiated by House Republican leadership. make a call It's the “Criminal Bill” from X Wednesday's post.
The spending package, known as the Continuing Resolution (CR), would reduce current government funding levels to March 2025 by authorizing hundreds of billions of dollars in spending to avert a government shutdown scheduled for Friday night. This is a temporary extension until April 14th. Many conservative politicians slammed House Republican leadership has allowed a series of unrelated policy provisions to be included in spending bills, including “reckless and uncompensated spending.” committed Oppose the passage of the bill.
Musk also issued a veiled threat to lawmakers, saying that members of Congress who voted to approve hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending in the massive bill could face major challenges in their next re-election bid. It is implied that there is. (Related: As Americans struggle to make ends meet, Congress sneaks its own pay increases into spending bills)
Musk: “Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out within two years.” I wrote X Wednesday afternoon.
Have you ever seen a bigger pork? pic.twitter.com/ZesFCNSNKp
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024
Some conservative Republicans supported Musk's announcement to pressure lawmakers to tank CR.
“For five years in Congress, I've been waiting for a fundamental change in power relations,” said North Carolina Congressman Dan Bishop. I wrote In response to Musk's tweet. “It's arrived.”
Well, Mr. Mask. issued A subsequent statement seemed to imply that he intends to use his own money to finance primaries against incumbents who vote for CR.
“By now they should know I mean what I'm saying,” said Musk, the world's richest man. I wrote This is X's reply to Bishop's post.
Musk became the largest individual political donor in the 2024 cycle. distribute At least $277 million will be spent to elect Trump in November and vote against Republicans.
Musk's DOGE partner Ramaswamy also said: defend This is so that lawmakers can tank huge spending bills. (Related: Government agency behind massive online censorship of conservatives gets new reprieve thanks to Republican leadership)
“Congress is passing a bill that will blow away taxpayer money, but the bill is over 1,500 pages long and you won't be able to read it,” Ramaswamy said in a TikTok video released Wednesday. Probably.'' “If you read this bill carefully, it includes pay increases for members of Congress and, I’m not making this up, an expansion of federal health benefits. Contains all sorts of special interests and “pork” funds, including opening new stadiums Renewing the Global Engagement Center, a key node of the censorship-industrial complex, but the worst part is that they are I want you to know something about it. ”
“So feel free to call your MP and tell them how you feel,” Ramaswamy added.
Conservative Republicans who have spoken out against CR argue that the massive spending package is an affront to DOGE's mission to cut wasteful spending and reduce the size of government.
“Many people here in Congress are eager to celebrate the mission of DOGE, but they will turn around and vote for the status quo of swamp deficit spending,” said Republican Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde. said. I wrote X on Tuesday after the publication of the bill text. “If Congress doesn't get serious about spending issues in Washington, we can't save our country.”
Many of the people who most loudly call themselves@DOGE In the face of everything, our heroes in Congress will vote for CR. @DOGE Seeking to fix and perpetuate the very problems Republicans denounced during this year's campaign.
Then they say:@DOGE I'll fix it! ” https://t.co/JRWDvsbRd8
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) December 18, 2024
Mr. Musk also claimed He said he would rather shut down the government than pass CR as currently written.
“It's much better to 'shut down' the government (which, by the way, doesn't actually shut down any essential functions) than to pass horrible legislation,” Musk said. I wrote X Wednesday.
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