Democrats begin to embrace Musk amid Trump spat after party railed against him as a 'dictator'
Democrats are moving to embrace former Department of Governing body Efficiency leader Elon Musk as he publicly spats with President Donald Trump despite countless party voters and lawmakers railing against Musk for months as a fascist or dictator for taking a hatchet to the federal government's overspending and fraud within the Trump administration If Biden had a big supporter criticize him Trump would have hugged him the next day Democrat California Rep Ro Khanna posted to X on Thursday of Musk's criticisms of the big beautiful bill When we refused to meet with RobertKennedyJr Trump embraced him won We can be the party of sanctimonious lectures or the party of FDR that knows how to win build a progressive majority Khanna explained Politico on Wednesday that Democrats should ultimately be trying to convince Musk that the Democratic Party has more of the values that he agrees with WHITE HOUSE STANDS BY TAX BILL AFTER MUSK CALLS IT A 'DISGUSTING ABOMINATION' A commitment to science funding a commitment to clean system a commitment to seeing international students like him he added Democrat New York Rep Ritchie Torres notified the outlet on Wednesday I m a believer in redemption and he is telling the truth about the law Torres revealed Musk has done an enormous amount of damage and there are Democrats who see his decimation of the federal workforce and the federal leadership as an unforgivable sin Couldn t agree with Elon more kill the bill Jon Favreau who served as former director of speech writing for former President Barack Obama posted to X in response to Musk calling on lawmakers to kill the rule JONATHAN TURLEY WARNS DEMOCRATS 'SHREDDING' THEIR OWN BELIEFS WITH 'DANGEROUS' ANTI-MUSK CAMPAIGNMusk is in the midst of publicly trading barbs with Trump over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act which is sweeping measure at the moment making its way through Congress and aims to fund the president's agenda I m sorry but I just can t stand it anymore Musk posted to X on Tuesday This massive outrageous pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination Shame on those who voted for it you know you did wrong You know it In addition to Democrats who don't encouragement the bill Musk has also detected himself aligned with members of the House Freedom Caucus which is considered the the bulk conservative voting bloc within the lower chamber as well as staunch fiscal conservatives in the Senate such as Republicans Kentucky Sen Rand Paul and Wisconsin Sen Ron Johnson who have publicly rebuked the bill Specific Democrats posting messages favorable of Musk's comments on the big beautiful bill come after numerous left-wing voters and lawmakers as well as federal employees slammed Musk for months as an unelected billionaire who was helping shape White House framework Multiple also took issue with Musk on inauguration day for delivering what dozens of media outlets described as a Nazi-style salute to Trump supporters If you re cool and want to defend the Sieg Heils and the Nazi salutes whatever you want to do that s on you Democrat New York Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Coretz disclosed in January following the gesture I m on the opposite side of that I m not with the Nazis I never imagined we would see the day when what appears to be a Heil Hitler salute would be made behind the Presidential seal New York Rep Jerry Nadler tweeted in January This abhorrent gesture has no place in our society and belongs in the darkest chapters of human history I urge all of my colleagues to unite in condemning this hateful gesture for what it is antisemitism He's incompetent He's a thief He's a Nazi And people don't trust him former Democrat New York Rep Jamaal Bowman reported of Musk in March He s a Nazi nepo baby who breaks everything he touches Massachusetts Democrat Rep Ayanna Pressley revealed in February as Musk disclosed cuts to the federal administration via DOGE And right now he s locked himself in a room with grandpa s Social Precaution check Massachusetts Sen Ed Markey referred to Musk as a dictator at an anti-DOGE rally in February TESLA HYPOCRISY DEMS CONTINUE INVESTING IN ELON MUSK COMPANY DESPITE PAINTING HIM AS VILLAINFiscal conservatives in Congress have spoken out against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act as one that will increase the U S debt ceiling by trillions including Senate Republicans bucking assistance for the regulation after its passage in the House last month I want the tax cuts to be permanent But at the same time I don't want to raise the debt ceiling trillion Paul advised CBS' Face the Nation on Sunday The GOP will own the debt once they vote for this Trump has admonished the criticism from fiscally conservative Republicans arguing that Paul for example was on the verge of siding with the Radical Left Democrats and encouraging a tax hike on Americans if he voted against the regulation Musk since stepping down from his DOGE role in May after his predetermined days as a special regime employee ended ramped up his criticism of the bill on Wednesday including encouraging lawmakers to kill the bill On Thursday Trump directly addressed Musk's comments saying in an Oval Office meeting with the chancellor of Germany that he was disappointed by Musk's attacks on the ordinance and announced he was unsure how their friendly relationship would fare through the criticisms Trump added that Musk's disapproval of the bill was allegedly tied to its cuts to electrical van mandates Musk is the CEO of electric van company Tesla MUSK SAYS TRUMP WOULD HAVE LOST VOTING PROCESS WITHOUT HIM AS 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' FEUD CONTINUES I'm very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here better than you people He knew everything about it He had no trouble with it Trump announced Thursday All of a sudden he had a complication And he only developed the obstacle when he discovered out that we're going to have to cut the EV mandate Elon and I had a great relationship I don t know if we will anymore Trump added The pair later launched attacks on one another on social media Elon was wearing thin I solicited him to leave I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else needed that he knew for months I was going to do and he just went CRAZY Trump posted to X on Thursday CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Such an obvious lie So sad Musk responded on X
