Massie calls on Elon Musk to fund primary challenges against Republicans who backed Trump tax bill

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said Elon Musk should money superior challenges against astir each Republican who voted for President Donald Trump's "big, beauteous bill" past week.

"I don't superior my colleagues, but I consciousness beauteous bully astir him doing it," Massie told Fox News Digital connected Wednesday.

"There's a fewer others that should beryllium spared," erstwhile asked to clarify if helium meant each 215 House Republicans who supported the legislation. "But radical privation word limits, right? Elon tin bring word limits."

Musk came retired against the monolithic Trump docket measure that House Republicans passed past week.

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Rep. Thomas Massie, left, called connected Elon Musk to money challengers to President Donald Trump's docket bill. (Getty Images)

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

It was followed by respective posts connected the nationalist debt, and 1 that read, "In November adjacent year, we occurrence each politicians who betrayed the American people."

Massie said connected Wednesday, "I conscionable deliberation helium made 1 mistake erstwhile misstatement – helium said instrumentality them retired successful November. I would instrumentality them retired successful primaries if I were Elon Musk."

Both House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and the White House person closed ranks astir the legislation.

Johnson issued a uncommon forceful effect to Musk from the podium of his play property league connected Wednesday, calling the billionaire "flat wrong."

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Rep. Thomas Massie voted against President Donald Trump's docket bill. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"Elon and I near connected a large note. We were texting 1 another, you know, blessed texts, you know, Monday and then, and past yesterday, you know, 24 hours later, helium does a 180, and helium comes retired and opposed the bill," Johnson told reporters.

"And it amazed me, frankly. And, I don't instrumentality it personal…I deliberation he's mode disconnected connected this, and I've told him arsenic much, and, I've said it publically and privately."

The monolithic fund reconciliation measure is aimed astatine advancing Trump's priorities connected taxes, immigration, energy, defence and the indebtedness limit. 

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected it would adhd $2.4 trillion to the national shortage implicit 10 years, but House GOP leaders person dismissed that modeling arsenic inaccurate representations of economical growth.

Massie was 1 of 3 House Republicans to ballot against the bill. Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, besides voted "no," portion House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., voted "present."

Massie is besides nary alien to clashing with some Trump and Johnson. He has faced superior threats from the erstwhile and led an unsuccessful bid to region the second from House leadership.

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said Elon Musk was "wrong." (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Massie has been consistent, however, successful his absorption to authorities that would person immoderate accidental of adding to the national indebtedness – present presently nearly $37 trillion.

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Republican supporters of the bill, however, person contended that it is the champion imaginable conveyance to radically betterment authorities programs plagued with waste, fraud and abuse, and reconstruct much-needed backing to the border, portion extending Trump's 2017 taxation cuts.

However, the authorities is present successful the Senate, wherever Republicans person already signaled they would privation to spot changes to the last bill.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the National Republican Congressional Committee for remark connected Massie's remarks.