Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) predicts that House Speaker Mike Johnson will not retain the gavel next year and calls for either Elon Musk or Vivek Ramaswamy to assume the leadership role. Ta.
“I don’t think the Speaker will remain in power,” Lee said Thursday night on “Jesse Watters Prime Time.”
The senator went on to say that if he was right, the next chair should be the “DOGE Chair,” referring to the Department of Government Efficiency. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Musk and Ramaswamy to spearhead efforts to advocate for cuts in government spending.
“Vivek, Elon, if you’re watching, please subscribe. America needs you,” Lee said.
Trump-backed spending bill aimed at averting government shutdown fails in House of Representatives
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) speaks at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump at the Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on October 13, 2024. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
In a post on X Thursday morning, Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul floated the idea of making Musk speaker of the House.
“Nothing will disrupt this swamp more than electing Elon Musk…think about it…nothing is impossible. (Not to mention the joy of watching them fall out of love with each other),” Paul posted on Thursday morning.
This week, as the possibility of a partial government shutdown looms, conservatives blasted the 1,547-page government spending plan proposed by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance echoed this sentiment, saying in a statement, “Republicans want to support farmers, pay for disaster relief, and set our country for success in 2025. The only way to do that is through a combination of a temporary funding bill with no aid from Democrats and an increase in the debt ceiling.”
In Thursday’s vote, 38 House Republicans and most Democrats rejected the revised proposal with significantly fewer pages, but before that, President Trump slammed Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas). He then claimed that the lawmaker was “instruding as usual.” , another big Republican victory, all for their own cheap publicity. ”
In a post on Truth Social, President Trump argued that “weak and powerless people like Chip should be ignored as completely ignorant about how to run politics and make America great again.”
Trump-backed spending bill comes under fire as shutdown looms
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 16, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Lee spoke highly of Roy after President Trump slammed the Lone Star State lawmaker.
In a post on There will be no allies.” Added. “If there is a more dedicated defender of the Constitution today, I have never met him.”
Roy gave a fiery speech ahead of Thursday’s vote, slamming the new version of the spending bill and the Republicans who support it.
“Yes, I think this bill is better in some ways than yesterday,” Roy said, adding, “It has fewer pages, but it would be foolish to pat yourself on the back when it increases the debt by $5 trillion.” added.
Mr Roy said he was “tired of political parties standing tall and claiming fiscal responsibility” suggesting that the proposal was “fiscally responsible”. It’s just ridiculous.
Sen. Paul (R-Ky.) reposted a clip of Roy’s speech and said, “We are either fiscally conservative or we are not. Two years of unlimited debt ceiling increases are fiscally conservative. It is not conservative and should be rejected.”
Massey opposes keeping Johnson’s gavel: ‘He doesn’t have my vote’
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) speaks to the media after the House of Representatives failed to pass government funding legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., December 19, 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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“At this time, I am opposed to raising the debt ceiling without significant spending cuts or reforms,” Roy said in a post on X.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who like Roy voted against passage of the spending bill Thursday, said instead of voting for a comprehensive bill, create multiple bills that receive separate votes. I suggested that.
“This is not complicated. Break the bills and vote separately. One vote for clean CR, one vote for debt limit, one vote for disaster relief, one vote for farm relief, radical right? Issue by issue. This is a separate bill,” he posted. .
Lee agreed with him.
“Please split the bill,” he wrote. “Please vote individually,” he added. “It’s revolutionary!”
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
