WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Elon Musk’s online tirade against Republicans’ tax bill has not changed minds in Congress, according to Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.).
“Not a single one,” Scalise said Friday. “We’re more united than we ever have been behind President Trump’s agenda. Getting it done, on his desk by July 4th.”
Musk turned on the president Thursday. In a series of escalating X posts, he opposed the “Big Beautiful Bill” over concerns it raises the debt.
The bill extends tax cuts, increases funding for border security and cuts Medicaid by adding work requirements.
“I don’t think lashing out on the internet is the way to handle any kind of disagreement,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said.
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she doesn’t like the cost of the bill either. The Congressional Budget Office says it would add $2.4 trillion to the deficit over a decade but Greene says Musk isn’t in office.
“People are going to be focused on making sure that we get the agenda we voted for, and that’s President Trump’s agenda,” Greene said.
White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro pushed back on the CBO estimate, calling it “dead wrong,” and saying it doesn’t account for tariffs revenue.
“That dog won’t hunt when you do the math properly,” Navarro said.
Musk also posted that House Republicans could be at risk in the midterm elections if they vote for the bill.
That doesn’t alarm Tennessee Congressman Tim Burchett.
“He doesn’t vote in my district,” Burchett said.
Meanwhile, Democrats, like House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) continue opposing the bill over its cuts to Medicaid and food stamps.
“People will die if the GOP tax scam ever becomes law,” Jeffries said.
The Senate continues work on the bill next week.
