Elon Musk is using his platform and power to push us into a government shutdown

Elon Musk has been posting the government spending bill for the past few days on his website X. Musk, who is comfortable with the incoming Trump administration and believes the government is spending too much money, did not want the spending bill to pass. He made a note about this more than 100 times. As of this writing, it looks like Musk got his wish.

Angry voters called their representatives. The most independent members of the GOP rebelled, and the account is dead in the water. We may start the holiday season with a government shutdown, one orchestrated by an unelected billionaire.

This is our future.

No bill should be passed in Congress until January 20, when @realDonaldTrump assumes the position.

None.

Zero.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024

Elon Musk began urging and posting about the bill on Wednesday. None. Zero,” he said in X’s post.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green of Georgia, of course, supported the government shutdown. “The government can shut down as far as I’m concerned,” she said. “AND WE MUST STAND WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO STOP THE MADNESS.”

Thank you @newtgingrich:!

I’m all in.

The government can shut down until January 20th as far as I’m concerned.

AND WE MUST STAND STAND WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO STOP BEAUTY!!

Whatever it is.

Even if we have to elect a new leadership.

I’m ALL IN. https://t.co/gVA0H4Q4iU

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) December 19, 2024

Representative Nancy Mays of South Carolina got in on the action and posted pictures of herself hovering over the mass. 1500 pages continuous solution “The last CR we did was 21 pages. This one time is 1547. Let it sink in. More pages, more taxpayer dollars down the drain.”

The last CR we did was 21 pages. This is once 1547.

Let that sink in. More pages, more taxpayer dollars down the drain. pic.twitter.com/AxiBmQPlpS

— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) December 18, 2024

“Here they are side by side,” he said in a follow-up tweet that didn’t include a photo.

In the afternoon, pictures of CR with “Kill Bill” styled after Quentin Tarantino’s character from the film were trending.

Uniform of the day. Compliments @CharlieWorldTV pic.twitter.com/d1OB5YJkCt

— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) December 18, 2024

A: Thirsty for an answer the boy replied to a fake photo of Mace in a yellow cat suit. “I want you to cut off my hands.”

“You’re out of control,” Mace replied to her reply boy, followed by a laughing crying face emoji.

I’m glad everyone is having fun.

Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk’s long-winded “Goofus” at the Department of Government Efficiency, wrote a 400-word note about the 1,500-page spending bill. He said, “You won’t have to keep the government open until March 14th.” will cost $380 billion, but the real cost of this CR omnibus is much higher because of the new costs,” he said.

I wanted to read the 1,500+ page bill and talk to key leaders before forming an opinion. it’s full of overspending, special interest giveaways, and pork barrel politics. If Congress wants to get serious about government efficiency, they…

— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) December 18, 2024

Hours late for his party, Donald Trump tweeted about the bill on Truth Social at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday. all it will do, after January 20th, is bring the debt ceiling mess to the Trump administration. not let that happen in a Biden administration.” he said. “Any Republican who would be foolish enough to do that should be prioritized and will. Everything must be done and fully negotiated before I take office on January 20, 2025.”

The saga of the CR bill is notable for several reasons, not least of which is Trump’s conspicuous absence from the proceedings.Musk has made himself the face of it. An unelected South African immigrant billionaire has come to the US to flex his muscles and cut government spending.He seems to have won the first round. He did this in part by publishing.

It’s true that government spending bills are full of pork. There are always carve-outs, pork barrel projects and raises for people in power in Washington. This Continuing Resolution was no different. It would keep the lights on, but it would also enrich the people who wrote the bill.

I suspect Musk and his group just want to get rich with bills. He knows how to extract it from the world around him. He’s a genius at mining built in part on billions of dollars government contracts. It’s a good bet Trump will have more billions and more contracts in four years, no less. And he’ll post it all, making his followers think he’s fighting for them as he lines his own pockets.

On Thursday, Trump spoke about it eliminating the debt ceiling— A limit set by Congress on the amount of cash it can borrow to pay Washington’s bills Trump again called for an end to the cap in an interview with NBC. “It means nothing but psychological.” he said. So. While Musk advocated a government shutdown over spending, Trump sought to lift the cap on the amount of cash the government can take in. Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren was quick flew in Agree with Trump on the abolition of the debt ceiling.

On Thursday morning, Rep. Green called on Elon Musk to become Speaker of the House. “The DOGE can only be done by reigning in the government to establish its true effectiveness. The institution must be dismantled as it was yesterday. This may be the way.”