'It'll Backfire': Republicans Urge Elon Musk Not To Form Third Political Party
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"It's just going to split conservatives," one GOP senator warned after the richest man in the world announced plans to start a new political party.
WASHINGTON ― A third party backed by billionaire Elon Musk will divide conservatives to the detriment of the Republican Party and help elect Democrats, Republican senators who are allied with President Donald Trump warned this week.
“It’s just going to split conservatives, and it will guarantee big spending Democrats hold the power,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) told HuffPost. “So it’ll backfire on him if his goal is to reduce the size and scope and cost of government. That’s the wrong way to do it.”
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has often clashed with his party on matters of deficits and spending, heaped praise on Musk as an “extraordinary innovator, inventor, businessman.” But he, too, urged Musk to fight for what he believes while staying inside the Republican tent.
“I would probably encourage him to stay involved in Republican primaries to make sure that the big government advocates don’t end up defeating the fiscal conservatives that are left in our party,” Paul said.
The richest man in the world announced over the weekend the formation of a new political party, which he dubbed the “America Party,” after Republicans passed a massive $4 trillion tax and spending bill. Musk fiercely opposed the legislation, calling it an “abomination” that would bankrupt America.
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