Tesla CEO and former Trump administration special employee Elon Musk says he’ll back Rep. Thomas Massie in his 2026 primary race after President Donald Trump vowed to fund a primary challenger for the Kentucky Republican.
“Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame! And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth,” Musk, who led the administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, posted Monday on X.
Former Michigan GOP Rep. Justin Amash replied to Musk, asking whether he’d support Massie after he came out against Trump’s “big beautiful bill” over concerns of it adding to the deficit.
“I will,” Musk responsded.
Massie has been a critic of Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” calling it “fiscal suicide” and that it would add $4 trillion to the national debt.
He also did not support Trump’s recent airstrikes on Iran. In 2020, Massie opposed Trump’s COVID relief package and he endorse Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over Trump in last year’s GOP presidential primary.
Trump posted Tuesday on TRUTH Social: “New poll: Anybody I Endorse beats Thomas Massie of Kentucky by 25 points. Get ready. Massie is a very bad guy!”
