Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday insisted he would fund moderate primaries against incumbent Democrats in deep blue districts across the country.
“Oh…I forgot to mention, I’m also going to give money to moderate candidates in heavily Democratic districts. That way, the country can eliminate candidates like this Xhaka who don’t represent us. We can eliminate it,” Musk wrote Thursday night. His social media platform.
The ally of President-elect Trump made the comments in response to a clip of a floor speech by Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee, in which Musk spoke with key Republican lawmakers. condemned the threat. He supported bipartisan spending proposals earlier this week.
“Can you imagine what the next two years would be like if every time Congress got its way, a tweet would be posted? Or, individuals with no official portfolio would threaten members of the Republican side in the primaries, and they would Give in?'' Neal said in a fiery floor speech Thursday night.
Musk, who co-leads the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with Vivek Ramaswamy, announced on Wednesday that he would have provided funding to the government through March 14 and provided a stop-gap package that was supposed to avert a government shutdown. He posted dozens of posts undermining the spending measure.
At one point Wednesday, Musk called on lawmakers who support the bill to vote him out of office in 2026.
Amid the barrage of opposition, House Republicans also voiced their concerns about the bill, with President Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance ultimately announcing their opposition to the continuing resolution (CR) by Wednesday afternoon. .
A pressure campaign by DOGE leaders Trump and Vance has muddied the bill, with Musk's growing influence on Capitol Hill and Musk's posts and major threats the only thing that has any sway among Republicans. This has sparked debate as to whether or not it was.
Musk, the world's richest man, has poured nearly $250 million into the presidential campaign to support Trump, and his political action committee, America PAC, continues to support Republicans through the midterm elections and He also claims to participate.
Back to square one, House Republicans on Thursday announced a second “clean” continuing resolution to avoid a looming December deadline and end President Trump's demand for the debt limit.
Despite Musk and Trump's enforcement efforts, the bill failed to pass the floor Thursday, leaving House Republicans scrambling to reach Plan C ahead of a Friday night deadline.
