Elon Musk has publicly advocated for his own appointment as Speaker of the House, capitalizing on the recent collapse of a Republican-led spending bill. The bill, criticized for excessive earmarks and mishandled negotiations, sparked outrage among Republican lawmakers, leading to calls for House Speaker Mike Johnson's removal. Musk's suggestion, while seemingly outlandish, reflects the deep dissatisfaction within the Republican party and the potential for significant upheaval in House leadership.
Musk, President-elect Donald Trump’s chief to cut government waste, successfully placed tremendous pressure on Republican House leadership to scrap Wednesday’s spending measure in a series of X posts.
Conservatives, moderates, loyal rank-and-file Republicans, and even a committee chairman savaged the bill for giving far too much to Democrats. And we hear from multiple sources there are more Republicans – at least two – who are in Massie’s camp. Some Johnson critics are already privately floating names behind the scenes of alternatives they’d prefer for speaker, such as House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan or House Majority Whip Tom Emmer. Jordan and Emmer both ran for speaker after the conference ousted Kevin McCarthy. They both lost. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise could also be in the mix.
Johnson will “easily remain speaker” if he “acts decisively and tough” and eliminates “all of the traps being set by Democrats” in the spending package, Trump
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