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….