Democrats begin to embrace Musk amid Trump spat after party railed against him as a 'dictator'

Democrats are moving to clasp erstwhile Department of Government Efficiency person Elon Musk arsenic helium publically spats with President Donald Trump, contempt galore enactment voters and lawmakers railing against Musk for months arsenic a "fascist" oregon "dictator" for taking a hatchet to the national government's overspending and fraud wrong the Trump administration.

"If Biden had a large protagonist knock him, Trump would person hugged him the adjacent day," Democrat California Rep. Ro Khanna posted to X connected Thursday of Musk's criticisms of the "big, beauteous bill." "When we refused to conscionable with @RobertKennedyJr, Trump embraced him & won. We tin beryllium the enactment of sanctimonious lectures, oregon the enactment of FDR that knows however to triumph & physique a progressive majority."

Khanna told Politico connected Wednesday that Democrats should "ultimately beryllium trying to person [Musk] that the Democratic Party has much of the values that helium agrees with."

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"A committedness to subject funding, a committedness to cleanable technology, a committedness to seeing planetary students similar him," helium added. 

President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk talk to reporters adjacent a reddish Model S Tesla conveyance connected the South Lawn of the White House, March 11, 2025. (Pool via AP )

Democrat New York Rep. Ritchie Torres told the outlet connected Wednesday, "I’m a believer successful redemption, and helium is telling the information astir the legislation." 

Torres said Musk has "done an tremendous magnitude of damage" and "there are Democrats who spot his decimation of the national workforce and the national authorities arsenic an unforgivable sin."

"Couldn’t hold with Elon more: termination the bill," Jon Favreau, who served arsenic erstwhile manager of code penning for erstwhile President Barack Obama, posted to X successful effect to Musk calling connected lawmakers to "kill" the legislation.

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Musk is successful the midst of publically trading barbs with Trump implicit the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is sweeping authorities presently making its mode done Congress and aims to money the president's agenda. 

"I’m sorry, but I conscionable can’t basal it anymore," Musk posted to X connected Tuesday. "This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending measure is simply a disgusting abomination. Shame connected those who voted for it: you cognize you did wrong. You cognize it." 

In summation to Democrats who don't enactment the bill, Musk has besides recovered himself aligned with members of the House Freedom Caucus, which is considered the astir blimpish voting bloc wrong the little chamber, arsenic good arsenic staunch fiscal conservatives successful the Senate, specified arsenic Republicans Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Wisconsin Sen. Ron. Johnson, who person publically rebuked the legislation. 

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is shown during the inaugural parade wrong Capital One Arena successful Washington, D.C., connected Jan. 20, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

Some Democrats posting messages favorable of Musk's comments connected the "big, beauteous bill" travel aft galore left-wing voters and lawmakers, arsenic good arsenic national employees, slammed Musk for months arsenic an unelected billionaire who was helping signifier White House policy. Many besides took contented with Musk connected inauguration time for delivering what dozens of media outlets described arsenic a "Nazi-style salute" to Trump supporters. 

"If you’re chill and privation to support the ‘Sieg Heils’ and the Nazi salutes … immoderate you privation to do, that’s connected you," Democrat New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Coretz said successful January pursuing the gesture. "I’m connected the other broadside of that. I’m not with the Nazis."

Hundreds protestation extracurricular a Tesla showroom to amusement their disapproval of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"I ne'er imagined we would spot the time erstwhile what appears to beryllium a Heil Hitler salute would beryllium made down the Presidential seal," New York Rep. Jerry Nadler tweeted successful January. "This abhorrent motion has nary spot successful our nine and belongs successful the darkest chapters of quality history. I impulse each of my colleagues to unite successful condemning this hateful motion for what it is: antisemitism."

"He's incompetent. He's a thief. He's a Nazi. And radical don't spot him," erstwhile Democrat New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman said of Musk successful March. 

"He’s a Nazi nepo babe who breaks everything helium touches," Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Ayanna Pressley said successful February arsenic Musk announced cuts to the national authorities via DOGE. "And close present he’s locked himself successful a country with grandpa’s Social Security check."

Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey referred to Musk arsenic a "dictator" astatine an anti-DOGE rally successful February.

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Fiscal conservatives successful Congress person spoken retired against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act arsenic 1 that volition summation the U.S. indebtedness ceiling by trillions, including Senate Republicans bucking enactment for the authorities aft its transition successful the House past month. 

"I privation the taxation cuts to beryllium permanent. But astatine the aforesaid time, I don't privation to rise the indebtedness ceiling $5 trillion," Paul told CBS' "Face the Nation" connected Sunday. "The GOP volition ain the indebtedness erstwhile they ballot for this."

People protestation automaker billionaire CEO Elon Musk adjacent a Tesla conveyance dealership, March 8, 2025, successful Decatur, Ga. (Mike Stewart/Associated Press)

Trump has admonished the disapproval from fiscally blimpish Republicans, arguing that Paul, for example, was connected the verge of siding with the "Radical Left Democrats" and encouraging a 68% taxation hike connected Americans if helium voted against the legislation. 

Musk, since stepping down from his DOGE relation successful May aft his 130 predetermined days arsenic a peculiar authorities worker ended, ramped up his disapproval of the measure connected Wednesday, including encouraging lawmakers to "kill the bill."

On Thursday, Trump straight addressed Musk's comments, saying successful an Oval Office gathering with the chancellor of Germany that helium was "disappointed" by Musk's attacks connected the authorities and said helium was unsure however their affable narration would fare done the criticisms. Trump added that Musk's disapproval of the measure was allegedly tied to its cuts to electrical conveyance mandates. Musk is the CEO of electrical conveyance institution Tesla. 

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"I'm precise disappointed due to the fact that Elon knew the interior workings of this measure amended than astir anybody sitting here, amended than you people. He knew everything astir it. He had nary occupation with it," Trump said Thursday. "All of a sudden, helium had a problem. And helium lone developed the occupation erstwhile helium recovered retired that we're going to person to chopped the EV mandate."

"Elon and I had a large relationship. I don’t cognize if we volition anymore," Trump added.

The brace aboriginal launched attacks connected 1 different connected societal media.

"Elon was "wearing thin," I asked him to leave, I took distant his EV Mandate that forced everyone to bargain Electric Cars that cipher other wanted (that helium knew for months I was going to do!), and helium conscionable went CRAZY!" Trump posted to X connected Thursday. 

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"Such an evident lie. So sad," Musk responded connected X.