Tech billionaire Elon Musk is leading a push against a stopgap spending bill, criticizing it for excessive spending and aligning himself with conservative voices in the House of Representatives.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is pushing against the stopgap spending bill unveiled Tuesday night that would keep the government funded through mid-March. He wrote on social media, criticizing the bill alongside conservatives in the House, with many Republicans lamenting it for including large amounts of spending. Musk, a close advisor of President-elect Donald Trump, tried to torpedo the bill starting early Wednesday morning in a flurry of posts to social media platform X.
Musk was replying to a tweet posted by entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who was tapped alongside Musk to lead Trump’s new Ramaswamy wrote that the bill is “full of excessive spending, special interest giveaways & pork barrel politics. If Congress wants to get serious about government efficiency, they should VOTE NO.” The vote on the spending bill marks a new test for GOP lawmakers in the lower chamber after many of Trump’s top allies voiced their opposition to the package. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who has been spotted with Trump recently, said, “I was communicating with Elon last night. Elon and Vivek and I are on a text chain together, and I was explaining to them the background of this. And Vivek and I talked last night about almost midnight, and he said, ‘Look, I get it.’ He said, ‘We understand you’re in an impossible position,” Johnson said. “Remember, guys, we still have just a razor thin margin of Republicans. So any bill has to have Democrat votes. They understand the situation. He said, ‘It’s not directed to you, Mr. Speaker, but we don’t like the spending.’ I said, ‘Guess what, fellas, I don’t either,’” Johnson continued. “We got to get this done, because here’s the key. By doing this, we are clearing the decks and we are setting up for Trump to come in roaring back with America first agenda. That’s what we’re going to run with gusto beginning January,” he added. Throughout Wednesday, Musk continued to criticize the bill and attacked any lawmaker who is considering voting for it
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