House Republicans Say Elon Musk Is Dragging Down Party: Rooting for Special Election 'Massacre' So GOP Will Bench Him

Source: MEDIAite

Apr 1st, 2025, 10:19 am


House Republicans are pointing the finger at Elon Musk for their struggles in special elections ahead of voters’ trip to the ballot box on Tuesday.

According to Politico’s Jonathan Martin, while President Donald Trump has christened April 2 “Liberation Day,” “April 1 could be, and should be, Liberation Day for congressional Republicans when it comes to Elon Musk.”

“There’s little that congressional Republicans and their counterparts in state capitals can do about Trump and his insistence on pushing inflation-spiking tariffs. He grips his party like no modern president, and they must accommodate every impulse,” wrote Martin in a new column. “However, Musk has turbocharged the backlash to Trump and accelerated the revival of demoralized Democrats and independents appalled by the billionaire’s cavalier attempt to slash the federal government. If they don’t push the White House to cut Musk loose, Republicans are tempting a replay of 2017 and 2018, when Democrats scored gains in Trump’s first term, but with twin targets for the left this time.”

The veteran reporter went on to note that one House Republican told him that they’re actually rooting for their party to struggle in key races in Wisconsin and Florida on Tuesday so the will bench the billionaire.

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