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WASHINGTON, July 1 (Xinhua) — U.S. billionaire Elon Musk on Monday again lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful” bill, threatening that lawmakers who support it risk losing their primaries next year.
“Every member of Congress who advocated for cutting government spending and then immediately voted for the largest increase in debt in history should hang their head in shame!” he wrote on his social network X.
“And they will lose the primaries next year if it is the last thing I do on this earth,” he said.
In another post, Musk said he would support Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky, whom Trump criticized for voting against the bill in the House of Representatives and promised to campaign “very hard” against him in the Democratic primary, promising that a “great American patriot” would run against him.
Musk has been attacking Trump’s bill since he stepped down as head of the Office of Government Effectiveness in May, warning that it would raise the debt ceiling by $5 trillion, “destroy millions of American jobs, and cause massive strategic damage to our country.”
The bill could also directly impact Musk’s electric car company Tesla, as it eliminates tax credits on electric vehicles — up to $4,000 for a used car and up to $7,500 for a new one. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. estimates that this would hit Tesla’s profits by $1.2 billion.
On Saturday, E. Musk broke a brief silence on the controversial spending bill, calling it “completely insane and destructive” as the package moves through the Senate. –0–