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Rand Paul floats idea that would drive the ‘establishment’ out of ‘their ever lovin’ minds’

December 19, 2024 | | Print Article

Rand Paul struck fear into the “hearts” of the D.C. establishment by offering a controversial replacement for Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Paul floated the idea of nominating X CEO Elon Musk to take the reins of Congress shortly after a ‘continuing resolution’ supported by Johnson was toppled after widespread backlash.

Musk and co-DOGE leader Vivek Ramasamy were instrumental in alerting the American public to what was in the 1,547-page monstrosity, and as one can imagine, the number of taxpayer dollars allocated for everything but keeping the “government open” was both outrageous and astronomical.

Musk’s role in defeating the bill (by drawing attention to it and threatening primaries for Republicans who would vote in its favor) drew mountains of scorn and resentment from establishment types on both sides of the aisle.

Then, there are those like Paul, who breathed fresh air over the transparency and the momentary win for taxpayers. Judging from his post on X, the senator wants more of it:

Reaction to the idea of Musk becoming Speaker piled in and quickly became one of the hottest trending topics on X:

We’re ready!

Yuge!

But, even some Elon-friendly X users weren’t on board:

Of course, there was the predictable gnashing of teeth from Team Blue:

Having a massive reach and calling out obscene amounts of wasteful pork in a spending bill doesn’t make one “speaker” or “president.” It can, however, help you become very effective.

“Let it be a warning to all elected officials,” Libs of TikTok stated regarding Musk’s impact. “The times are changing. You work for us. You better start acting like it.”

Amen.

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