United States Senator for Kentucky, Rand Paul, has endorsed Elon Musk as the next Speaker of the House.
Senator Paul hinted this in a statement on his official X account on Thursday.
According to him, the speaker of the House does not need to be a Congress member
โThe Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress.
โNothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk . . . think about it . . . nothingโs impossible. (not to mention the joy at seeing the collective establishment, aka โuniparty,โ lose their ever-lovinโ minds),โ he said.
His comment comes amid House Speaker Mike Johnson, facing GOP backlash for his handling of an end-of-the-year spending deal.
This comes as a Tuesday measure backed by Speaker Johnson would have funded the government through March 14, featuring over $100 billion in disaster relief and $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers.
The bill also included health care reforms and methods to address transparency in live event ticketing.
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance condemned the plan in a joint statement Wednesday, saying the โmost foolish and inept thingโ ever done by Republicans in Congress โwas allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025.โ
On his part, Elon Musk, who Trump has selected to co-lead his incoming administrationโs Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), also slammed the proposed spending bill.
Musk wrote on X Wednesday that any lawmaker in support of the โoutrageousโ bill should be โvoted out in 2 years.โ
โThis bill should not pass,โ Musk wrote in a separate post.
Amid the storm, Speaker Johnsonโs team is now quietly discussing a backup spending plan ahead of Fridayโs deadline to prevent a government shutdown, Politico reports.