Elon Musk threatens to primary Republicans over Big Beautiful Bill

David Matthews, New York Daily News on Jun 30, 2025

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Former adviser Elon Musk threatened to primary anyone in Congress who votes in favor of President Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”

The world’s richest man continued his simmering war of words with the president, describing the legislation as “utterly insane” over the weekend ahead of a Senate debate.

Musk took aim at “every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history” in a social media post on Monday.

(They) “should hang their head in shame! And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.”

The massive tax and domestic policy bill is estimated to add more than $3 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Republicans in Congress gave themselves a self-imposed July 4 deadline to send the finished bill to President Trump for him to sign.

Musk also took a swipe at the House Freedom Caucus for approving the bill.

“How can you call yourself the Freedom Caucus if you vote for a DEBT SLAVERY bill with the biggest debt ceiling increase in history?” he wrote.

“It is obvious with the insane spending of this bill, which increases the debt ceiling by a record FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS that we live in a one-party country — the PORKY PIG PARTY!! Time for a new political party that actually cares about the people,” Musk wrote in another social media post.

He previously made comments about his disapproval of the bill earlier in June when he left his position in the administration. He later walked back those remarks and said he was stepping back from politics.

In an interview with Politico on Sunday, longtime Musk friend Philip Low said the Tesla CEO holds grudges and will work to damage Trump.

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