Elon Musk hopes you don’t remember his support for a government shutdown less than 48 hours ago.
Shortly after a new “clean” spending bill failed to pass the House Thursday night, Musk took to X to complain that it was all the Democrats’ fault.
“A super fair & simple bill was put to a vote and only 2 Democrats in Congress were in favor,” Musk wrote on X. “Therefore the responsibility for the shutdown rests squarely on the shoulders of @RepJeffries.”
“Shame on @RepJeffries for rejecting a fair & simple spending bill that is desperately needed by states suffering from hurricane damage,” he wrote on a different thread.
Musk conveniently failed to mention that 38 Republicans also voted against the bill.
On Wednesday, Musk was more than happy to incite a revolt among Republicans. He not only blasted the original continuing resolution and threatened any Republican who supported it, but he also argued that the government should be shut down until Donald Trump takes office.
“We’ll be fine for 33 days,” wrote one X user, to which Musk responded with an enthusiastic “YES.”
“No bills should be passed in Congress until January 20, when @realDonaldTrump takes office. None. Zero,” Musk wrote in a separate post, which read like marching orders to the more sycophantic GOP members, some of whom began fantasizing about a Musk-led Congress. Yes, it has gotten that bad.
Musk’s major meltdown and Trump’s last-minute request to raise the debt ceiling prompted House Speaker Mike Johnson to scramble to put together a “clean” bill.
By Wednesday evening, Musk’s toddler-like tantrum had resulted in exactly what he desired: an impending government shutdown. Unfortunately, that wasn’t what the actual president-elect, not the unelected billionaire, hoped for.
Musk’s only hope now is to blame Democrats, who are likely to have supported the original bipartisan bill.