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{"id":3849,"date":"2024-12-18T21:50:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T21:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/johnson-has-a-huge-new-problem-elon-musk\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T21:50:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T21:50:19","slug":"johnson-has-a-huge-new-problem-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/johnson-has-a-huge-new-problem-elon-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson has a huge new problem: Elon Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Speaker Mike Johnson has a massive new headache as he races to stop a holiday government shutdown \u2014 and his name is Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>The tech scion and mega-ally of President-elect Donald Trump took to his social platform X on Wednesday to slam a short-term funding bill Johnson backed, criticizing the 1,547-page continuing resolution for its numerous unrelated spending measures \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/18\/congress\/congress-pay-raise-increase-00195089\" target=\"_blank\">including a raise for lawmakers<\/a> \u2014 and calling it \u201ccriminal,\u201d \u201cunconscionable\u201d and a \u201ccrime against the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It started at 4:15 a.m. ET, when Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/18\/congress\/musk-opposes-funding-bill-00195021\" target=\"_blank\">posted on X<\/a> \u201cthis bill should not pass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And he hasn\u2019t let up since, repeatedly urging his nearly 208 million followers to call their representatives to \u201cStop the steal of your tax dollars!\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1869446782574645386\" target=\"_blank\">threatening that<\/a> \u201cAny member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a problem for Johnson \u2014 a Republican and Trump ally himself who could face a gavel fight in January \u2014 who must clear the bill by Friday night to avoid a government shutdown at the peak of the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s an early loyalty test engineered by Musk, who will lead a \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency\u201d under Trump focused on slicing costs throughout the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny Member who claims to support the @DOGE should not support this \u201cCR of Inefficiency\u201d that does not have offsets!!\u201d said Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C), <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepRalphNorman\/status\/1869406048362369372\" target=\"_blank\">in a post<\/a> Musk reposted. \u201cDon\u2019t get weak in the knees before we even get started!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who was in hot water in Trump world earlier this month over her wobbling support for the president-elect\u2019s Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth, ripped the bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenJoniErnst\/status\/1869475795636457951\" target=\"_blank\">saying on X<\/a> \u201cCongress deserves a lump of coal for failing to do its job and putting special interests ahead of taxpayers,\u201d and emphasizing \u201cWe need @DOGE to cut the pork and #makeemsqueal!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepBoebert\/status\/1869460525647855977\" target=\"_blank\">said on X<\/a>: \u201cSo many members of Congress want the clout of working with @DOGE and @ElonMusk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s pleas \u2014 and threats \u2014 appear to be working.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it&#8217;s having an effect on some people,\u201d said Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), a staunch Trump ally and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/06\/22\/andy-biggs-profile-mccarthy-00103033\" target=\"_blank\">Freedom Caucus firebrand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether Musk&#8217;s post was moving votes, Biggs replied: \u201cI think it probably is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A slew of conservative House Republicans on Wednesday said they opposed the bill \u2014 as did Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance, who in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/1869495076604227726\" target=\"_blank\">joint-statement<\/a> posted to X Wednesday afternoon said \u201cwe should pass a streamlined spending bill that doesn\u2019t give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Earlier Wednesday afternoon, Johnson\u2019s leadership team was trying to come up with a Plan B, \u201cclean\u201d funding package that would drop $100 billion disaster aid and other attachments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/18\/congress\/johnsons-spending-plan-b-00195169\" target=\"_blank\">POLITICO reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn\u2019t mean the speaker is safe. Johnson\u2019s \u201cgot to go,\u201d close Trump ally Steve Bannon <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Bannons_WarRoom\/status\/1869432482585845951\" target=\"_blank\">said Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump supports him until he doesn\u2019t support him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Spokespeople for Musk, X and his America PAC did not respond to questions.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jordain Carney contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker Mike Johnson has a massive new headache as he races to stop a holiday government shutdown \u2014 and his name is Elon Musk. 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