Your World, Fully Explored.
Published loading...Updated

Musk pledges to support primary challenges to Republicans who back Trump megabill

  • On Monday, Elon Musk vowed to fund primary challengers against Republican lawmakers voting for the bill as the Senate debated its final passage.
  • Elon Musk criticizes President Trump's $5 trillion debt hike in the bill, calling it 'insane' and opposing green energy cuts, driven by concerns over fiscal irresponsibility.
  • The nonpartisan CBO projects the bill will add $3.3 trillion to the debt over a decade, with Musk calling the spending 'insane' and citing a $5 trillion increase.
  • If the Senate passes its version, the bill returns to the House where resistance from lawmakers like Rand Paul and Thomas Massie is anticipated.
  • In the wake of his criticism of the bill, Elon Musk publicly threatened to fund primary challengers against Republican lawmakers and floated creating a new political party, marking a significant shift in his political activism.
Insights by Ground AI
Does this summary seem wrong?

42 Articles

All
Left
15
Center
10
Right
9
Lean Right

After the break between Musk and the U.S. president, the tech billionaire has a little silence. That's over. After the debt law has taken an important hurdle in the Senate, Trump's former Intimus takes the Republicans on board and calls them the "pig-dick party".

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 44% of the sources lean Left
44% Left
Factuality

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

The New Republic broke the news in on Monday, June 30, 2025.
Sources are mostly out of (0)

You have read 1 out of your 5 free daily articles.

Join millions of well-informed readers who use Ground to compare coverage, check their news blindspots, and challenge their worldview.