Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) spoke out in opposition to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s involvement in governmental affairs, saying that the tech billionaire is “horning his way” into choices.
“I was with a few Republicans yesterday as Musk was rage-tweeting and giving his orders, and they were completely apoplectic,” Swalwell mentioned on MSNBC on Thursday evening. “And I told one of them, I said, ‘If you let him do this, if he does this and you don’t stand up to him now, he is going to own you for the next Congress.’”
“’Every bill that is on the floor, you’re going to wait around on cots to see what Elon Musk says you are allowed to do.’ And that is no way to represent the people who sent you,” he continued.
Musk, who Trump tapped to be the co-leader of his Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), made a number of social media posts on Wednesday criticizing the spending measure deal unveiled by Home Republicans this week. He known as the more-than-1,500-page measure a giant “piece of pork” whereas calling on GOP lawmakers to oppose it.
Later the identical day, Trump known as for the invoice to be dismissed. He proposed that Congress cross a clear persevering with decision with a debt ceiling improve — a proposal that was rejected Thursday evening. Congress is now engaged on a plan C with lower than 24 hours to go to avert a shutdown.
Trump’s crew has pushed again in opposition to Democrats’ recommendations that Musk is the “real leader” of the GOP amid the spending measure’s breakdown, asserted Thursday that the president-elect is the one main the social gathering.
“As soon as President Trump released his official stance on the CR [continuing resolution], Republicans on Capitol Hill echoed his point of view. President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. Full stop,” Karoline Leavitt, transition spokesperson for the Trump-Vance crew, mentioned in an announcement beforehand shared with The Hill.
