Elon Musk fans GOP anxiety with off-year election performance

Elon Musk fans GOP anxiety with off-year election performance


Patience with Elon Musk is running thin in some corners of the GOP as party operatives worry he is galvanizing Democratic voters against President Donald Trump despite his willingness to open his pocketbook for Republicans.

Throughout Trump’s first few months back in office, Musk, who is taking a break from his technology empire to spearhead a sweeping rollback of the federal government, has earned mixed reviews from supporters of the president.

Republicans generally back his work atop the Department of Government Efficiency, with Musk serving as a political “shield” for the president amid widespread firings of federal workers. But, at the same time, some in the GOP have suggested that Musk and DOGE are animating voters as they move to slash or entirely shutter federal agencies.

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