Musk shreds Trump's tax bill as 'DEBT SLAVERY,' vows to unseat Republicans who back it

He whitethorn person stopped openly feuding with President Donald Trump, but Elon Musk isn't backing disconnected his bid to termination Trump's signature megabill.

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO unloaded Monday connected the monolithic tax-and-spending authorities that Trump is pushing Republicans to rapidly ram done Congress, labeling it a "DEBT SLAVERY bill" and calling retired its supporters by name.

The uber-rich Musk — who spent astir $290 million backing Trump and different Republicans successful the 2024 predetermination rhythm and beyond — called for a "new governmental party."

He adjacent vowed that immoderate fiscal conservatives who ballot for the measure volition look his wrath successful their adjacent superior races.

"Every subordinate of Congress who campaigned connected reducing authorities spending and past instantly voted for the biggest indebtedness summation successful past should bent their caput successful shame!" Musk wrote successful a bid of posts connected his societal media site, X.

"And they volition suffer their superior adjacent twelvemonth if it is the past happening I bash connected this Earth," helium added.

Musk's latest tirade came arsenic the voting is underway successful the Senate connected dozens of amendments to the monolithic bill, arsenic portion of the analyzable reconciliation process that enables the GOP to walk it without Democratic support.

If the Senate passes the revised mentation of the bill, it indispensable instrumentality to the House for a last ballot earlier heading to Trump's table to beryllium signed into law.

Musk's threats to unseat Republican backers of the measure could transportation much value successful the House than they bash successful the Senate.

All House members look superior and wide elections each 2 years, portion senators person six-year presumption and staggered elections.

The House elections are held successful members' legislature districts, alternatively than successful statewide races, which means that a ample injection of run currency toward a superior challenger's run could marque a bigger impact.

Musk has previously sounded off connected the sprawling measure implicit provisions that would hike the indebtedness ceiling by trillions of dollars and rotation backmost cleanable vigor credits portion offering a caller taxation inducement for ember production.

Tesla's vigor part sells star panels. The Senate mentation of the measure would wholly repeal national subsidies to the upwind and star industries for the projects placed successful work aft 2027.

Musk leaned into his disapproval Monday afternoon, writing, "It is evident with the insane spending of this bill, which increases the indebtedness ceiling by a grounds FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS that we unrecorded successful a one-party state – the PORKY PIG PARTY!!"

"Time for a caller governmental enactment that really cares astir the people," helium wrote.

He besides singled retired 2 House Republicans, Andy Harris of Maryland and Chip Roy of Texas, who are members of the extra-conservative Freedom Caucus but did not ballot against the bill.

"How tin you telephone yourself the Freedom Caucus if you ballot for a DEBT SLAVERY measure with the biggest indebtedness ceiling summation successful history?" Musk wrote, tagging some congressmen by their societal media handles.

Harris, the Freedom Caucus chairman, voted contiguous for the measure that passed the House successful May. He explained astatine the clip that helium did truthful to "move the measure on successful the process for the President," but added, "there is inactive a batch of enactment to beryllium done successful shortage simplification and ending waste, fraud, and maltreatment successful the Medicaid program."

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