Saturday, December 21, 2024 - United States Senator representing the state of Kentucky, Rand Paul, has endorsed Elon Musk as the next Speaker of the House.
Senator Paul made this known in a statement on his official
X account on Thursday December 19,saying the speaker of the House does not need
to be a Congress member
“The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress.
“Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk . . . think about it . . . nothing’s impossible. (not to mention the joy at seeing the collective establishment, aka ‘uniparty,’ lose their ever-lovin’ minds),” he said.
Rand’s comment comes amid House Speaker Mike Johnson, facing
backlash from his party, the Republican party for his handling of an
end-of-the-year spending deal.
A Tuesday measure compiled by the Democrats but backed by Speaker
Johnson would have funded the government through March 14, featuring over $100
billion in disaster relief and $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers.
The bill also included health care reforms and methods to
address transparency in live event ticketing but President-elect Donald Trump
and Vice President-elect JD Vance condemned the plan in a joint statement
Wednesday, saying the “most foolish and inept thing” ever done by Republicans
in Congress “was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025.”
On his part, Elon Musk, who will co-lead Trump’s incoming
administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), also slammed the
proposed spending bill.
Musk wrote on X Wednesday that any lawmaker in support of
the “outrageous” bill should be “voted out in 2 years.”
“This bill should not pass,” Musk wrote in a separate post.
Following the rebuttal from Musk, Speaker Johnson’s team is
now discussing a backup spending plan that will be acceptable to Trump’s MAGA
Fan base ahead of Friday’s deadline to prevent a government shutdown.
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