Republicans Float Elon Musk for Speaker Amid Funding Deal Collapse

Amid the ongoing backlash over congressional leaders’ controversial spending deal, some Republican lawmakers are voicing support for replacing embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) with Elon Musk.
“The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress …” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) noted in a Dec. 19 social media post on X.
“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).”
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) agreed, suggesting that House Republicans should hand the gavel over to either the billionaire Musk or entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy….