{"id":3602,"date":"2024-12-13T06:34:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T06:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/elon-musk-threatening-to-fund-primary-opponents-to-bully-gop-senators-to-confirm-trumps-nominees\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T06:34:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T06:34:59","slug":"elon-musk-threatening-to-fund-primary-opponents-to-bully-gop-senators-to-confirm-trumps-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/elon-musk-threatening-to-fund-primary-opponents-to-bully-gop-senators-to-confirm-trumps-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk threatening to fund primary opponents to bully GOP Senators to confirm Trump\u2019s nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"video-page\">\n<div>\n<div data-testid=\"video-page__player\"><picture class data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1240px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-760x428,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1734038616226_n_wh_deadline_elonpressurecampaign_241212_1920x1080-r5g699.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<section data-testid=\"playlist-drawer\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1734038976826_n_wh_deadline_muskinflence_241212_1920x1080-tl1qa3.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&lsquo;Darkest of the dark money&rsquo;: Elon Musk&rsquo;s outsized influence on Trump&rsquo;s Presidency taking shape<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">07:04<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<p>Now Playing<\/p>\n<picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1734038616226_n_wh_deadline_elonpressurecampaign_241212_1920x1080-r5g699.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<p>UP NEXT<\/p>\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733956317673_n_wh_deadline_magainfluencers_241211_1920x1080-dklgom.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&lsquo;Ludicrous pressure campaign&rsquo;: MAGA influencers start bullying GOP Senators to confirm Pete Hegseth<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">11:18<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733953492456_n_wh_deadline_kashpatelbackgroundcheck_241211_1920x1080-g7x4tn.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">Why Kash Patel might fail a background check from the organization Trump wants him to lead<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">11:53<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733953460494_n_wh_deadline_wrayresigns_241211_1920x1080-bfzcvm.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">FBI plunges into uncertainty, Christopher Wray announces his resignation from Bureau Director<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">09:26<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733870076830_n_wh_deadline_foxmurdoch_241210_1920x1080-luqe5r.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&lsquo;Succession playing out in real life&rsquo;: Fox News editorial future playing out in Murdoch family feud<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">08:49<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source 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alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&lsquo;A fox guard the hen house&rsquo;: Trump taps loyalist, Harmeet Dhillon to run DOJ civil rights division<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">09:45<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733780737689_n_wh_deadline_jailthreats_241209_1920x1080-hy0565.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">Cheney, Kinzinger speak out after President Elect-Trump&rsquo;s jail threat for Jan 6. Committee members<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">10:41<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733780244638_n_wh_deadline_arrestmade_241209_1920x1080-b3y825.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">Nicolle Wallace: &lsquo;Why&#8217;d the employee at McDonalds see him before any of his family or friends did?&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">08:51<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733779486569_n_wh_deadline_personofinterest_241209_1920x1080-c3jilg.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">Valedictorian and Ivy League graduate named as person of interest in New York City CEO killing<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">07:46<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733519907563_n_wh_deadline_sinkorswim_241206_1920x1080-zq65ki.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&lsquo;Sink or swim&rsquo;: Donald Trump unwilling to use any political capital to get Pete Hegseth confirmed<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">09:02<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733434168626_n_wh_deadline_trumpnominee_241205_1920x1080-1z120z.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&lsquo;Dead man walking&rsquo;: Trump&rsquo;s scandal ridden nominee Pete Hegseth desperate to earn GOP Senate support<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">09:49<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733433935252_n_wh_deadline_hegseth_241205_1920x1080-iusm64.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">Nicolle Wallace on Hegseth: &lsquo;Trump supports people in these situations 100 percent&hellip;until he doesn&rsquo;t&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">09:06<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733349172037_n_wh_deadline_desnatisdefense_241204_1920x1080-jf10sc.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&#8216;Secretary DeSanctimonius?&#8217;: Trump considering replacing Pete Hegseth with former enemy Ron DeSantis<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">07:54<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733348605956_n_wh_deadline_ernstdefense_241204_1920x1080-xft4wb.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&lsquo;The key to all this is Joni Ernst&rsquo;: How one Republican Senator could tank Pete Hegseth&rsquo;s nomination<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">07:31<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733347736319_n_wh_deadline_hegsethtranwreck_241204_1920x1080-3cx3ja.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&lsquo;Slow-motion train wreck&rsquo;: Nicolle Wallace reacts to Pete Hegseth&rsquo;s scandals<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">11:54<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733322747001_n_wh_deadline_hotezreaction_241203_1920x1080-zf8kb2.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">Michael Bloomberg slams Trump&rsquo;s pick of RFK Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">08:43<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733265746315_n_wh_deadline_hegsethsdrinking_241203_1920x1080-lehr8x.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&lsquo;We needed to babysit him&rsquo;: Pete Hegseth&rsquo;s Fox News colleagues worried about his drinking<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">12:01<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733260767066_n_wh_deadline_hegsethcouch_241203_1920x1080-ug5xzk.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&lsquo;This isn&rsquo;t the Fox and Friends couch&rsquo;: Pete Hegseth set to face brutal confirmation process<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">11:59<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section data-testid=\"video-page-playlist\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1734038976826_n_wh_deadline_muskinflence_241212_1920x1080-tl1qa3.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&lsquo;Darkest of the dark money&rsquo;: Elon Musk&rsquo;s outsized influence on Trump&rsquo;s Presidency taking shape<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">07:04<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div>\n<p>Now Playing<\/p>\n<picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1734038616226_n_wh_deadline_elonpressurecampaign_241212_1920x1080-r5g699.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">Elon Musk threatening to fund primary opponents to bully GOP Senators to confirm Trump&rsquo;s nominees<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">12:13<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<p>UP NEXT<\/p>\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733956317673_n_wh_deadline_magainfluencers_241211_1920x1080-dklgom.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">&lsquo;Ludicrous pressure campaign&rsquo;: MAGA influencers start bullying GOP Senators to confirm Pete Hegseth<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">11:18<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733953492456_n_wh_deadline_kashpatelbackgroundcheck_241211_1920x1080-g7x4tn.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">Why Kash Patel might fail a background check from the organization Trump wants him to lead<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">11:53<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-520x260,f_auto,q_auto:best\/mpx\/2704722219\/2024_12\/1733953460494_n_wh_deadline_wrayresigns_241211_1920x1080-bfzcvm.jpg\" alt><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 data-testid=\"playlist-title\">FBI plunges into uncertainty, Christopher Wray announces his resignation from Bureau Director<\/h2>\n<p><span data-testid=\"playlist-duration\">09:26<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"playlist-drawer-video\">\n<div><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 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