Republican congressional offices said Musk’s push to kill the bill has not mobilized grassroots opposition to it.
“We didn’t see an increase in calls at all,” one senior aide in a Republican House member’s office said on Friday.
Musk, who is part of a very public and very splashy feud with President Donald Trump, has a large and loyal following. The rift between him and Trump opened up over his disdain for the Republican tax cuts and spending bill, becoming headline news.
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But senior staff members at a half dozen Republican House offices contacted by the Washington Examiner said there hasn’t been a noticeable uptick in calls echoing Musk’s sentiment, let alone any sort of groundswell resulting from Musk’s opposition.
Another senior aide said
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