MTG Suddenly Calls for Elon Musk to Take Over as House Speaker

Musk has been crusading against Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson’s bipartisan spending bill, which would avert a government shutdown. On Wednesday, the billionaire sent over 100 tweets on his platform, X, railing against the bill—with “a number of misleading or outright false claims,” per Politico—and expressing indifference about the prospect of a shutdown.

Musk’s efforts culminated in President-elect Trump coming out against the bill, dealing “a likely death blow” to budget negotiations, per the Associated Press. As Trump and Musk send the government hurtling toward a shutdown, many observers have criticized elected officials for taking marching orders from an unelected billionaire.

Amid this wrangling, the right-wing populist House Freedom Caucus, of which Greene is a member, expressed its dissatisfaction with the proposed bill, touting instead Representative Chip Roy’s proposed DOGE Act, which would slash federal spending—though not, of course, the Pentagon budget.