Elon Musk has emerged as one of the serious political players in Washington, D.C.
He’s looking to upend the status quo.
And Elon Musk left the establishment madder than hell in this fight against the Swamp.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy helped kill Swampy government funding bill
RINO Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and the Republican establishment thought they were going to ram through a 1,547-page bill to fund the government through March to avoid a shutdown.
This bill was filled with early Christmas presents for the Washington, D.C. Swamp.
It included the first pay raise for Congress since 2009, more taxpayer funding for online censorship through the State Department’s Global Engagement Center, and protected members of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) January 6 Committee from being investigated.
The bill was a chance to fund Democrat priorities for the first months of the incoming Trump administration in a grab bag for the Swamp.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy began raising hell over the bill on X.
President-elect Donald Trump tapped them to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to slash government spending and regulations.
Musk and Ramaswamy helped lead the charge in fighting against the awful government funding bill.
Trump joined and threatened to Primary any Republican who voted for it.
Johnson pulled the bill that he spent weeks putting together with Democrats.
A bad government funding bill still passed but it had many of the worst parts stripped out of it after conservatives were raising hell.
The fight over the more than 1,500-page bill showed the sway that Musk and Ramaswamy hold.
House RINOs fumed over the influence on the political process.
Republican establishment rages over the influence of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy
The Republican establishment had a deal lined up that quickly collapsed after outside pressure.
Anonymous House Republicans vented to Fox News over Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy helping tank the 1,547-page spending bill.
“Musk and Vivek should not have jumped in at the 11th hour and should have handled it directly with the Speaker. Folks on the same side shouldn’t act like these two,” a House Republican said. “They’re more about the clicks and bright lights than getting the job done. I’ll have nothing to do with them after watching them publicly trash the Speaker.”
This House Republican was fuming that the spotlight was shined on the Swampy spending bill that Speaker Johnson wanted to ram through right before Christmas.
Another RINO took a page from the Democrat playbook and accused Musk of spreading misinformation.
“He didn’t read the entire [continuing resolution] and the vast majority of what he was talking about is misinformation,” a House Republican claimed.
The majority of Congress didn’t have time to read the bill because of an intentional move to present it at the last moment.
One House Republican credited Musk with moving weak-kneed Republicans against the spending bill.
“I think he influenced weak members who didn’t have direction until he tweeted,” the House Republican stated. “He’s just highlighting bad governance and indirectly a weak legislative branch.”
The Washington, D.C. Swamp hates having a spotlight on the backroom deals that want to pass without any fanfare.
