Within 24 hours of billionaire Elon Musk using his X platform Maintain Congress' funding bill And after pushing the federal government to the brink of a shutdown, three GOP lawmakers are now calling for him to be named Speaker of the House.
On Thursday, Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul was the first to introduce the idea in a post on Musk's own X platform. “The Speaker of the House is not required to be a member of Congress,” Paul wrote“Nothing will disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk.”
Senator Mike Lee of Utah also supported Musk as speaker, although he said he would also be happy with Vivek Ramaswami taking over the post. He told right-wing talk show host Benny Johnson“Let them choose one of them, I don't care who will be their president,” Lee said. “This will revolutionize everything, it will break the company.”
Paul's suggestion was quickly adopted by another far-right elected official, Marjorie Taylor Greene, a representative from Georgia. written on x“I stand ready to endorse @elonmusk for Speaker of the House. DOGE can only be accomplished by truly governing [sic] In Congress to enforce real government efficiency. This establishment needs to be demolished like it was yesterday. This can be the only way.”
Green was mentioned Musk's role in killing bipartisan government funding deal Current Speaker of the House Mike Johnson spent several months negotiating with Republicans and Democrats. Despite President-elect Trump and his team not objecting to the deal, According to PoliticoMusk launched a campaign on Twitter on Wednesday to kill the deal, entry About 100 times more.
Ultimately, Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance issued a long statement on Called the deal a “betrayal of our country” and urged Republican lawmakers to reject the deal – which they did.
What happens next is unclear. If no agreement is reached by Friday, federal workers would stop receiving pay checks and large parts of the government would temporarily shut down. but with this Democrats say they're not interested In returning to the negotiating table, and Johnson Loan limit increase has already been refusedThere is no clear path to a viable bill that Trump is demanding, something Musk doesn't even acknowledge.