Sen. Rand Paul is suggesting that Congress elect Elon Musk as House Speaker.
The Kentucky Republican floated the idea in an X post on Thursday morning.
"The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress . . ." Paul said.
"Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk . . . think about it . . . nothing's impossible. (not to mention the joy at seeing the collective establishment, aka 'uniparty,' lose their ever-lovin' minds)."
The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress . . .
— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 19, 2024
Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk . . . think about it . . . nothing’s impossible. (not to mention the joy at seeing the collective establishment, aka ‘uniparty,’ lose their ever-lovin’…
The suggestion comes after Elon Musk publicly came out against current House Speaker Mike Johnson's "continuing resolution" (CR) to keep the government funded through March.
If lawmakers don't pass a plan by Friday, parts of the federal government will be forced to close starting on Saturday.
Hours later, President-elect Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers to scrap the deal.
Suggesting that concessions to Democrats in the bill were "a betrayal of our country," Trump called in a joint statement with Vice President-elect J.D. Vance for Republicans to "GET SMART and TOUGH."
Johnson tried to defend the plan saying, "We still have just a razor-thin margin of Republicans so any bill has to have Democrat votes."
Musk has been a key Trump advisor since supporting him during the election. He has been named as a co-head of a so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in an effort to cut the federal budget and reduce spending. Congress actually controls the budget so Musk could have a bigger hand in controlling the purse strings.
