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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Maanvi Singh and agencies

Musk vows to unseat lawmakers who support Trump’s sweeping spending bill

Elon Musk at a press conference at the White House on 30 May 2025.
Elon Musk at a press conference at the White House on 30 May. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters

Elon Musk has vowed to unseat lawmakers who support Donald Trump’s sweeping budget bill, which he has criticized because it would increase the country’s deficit by $3.3tn.

“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,” he wrote on his social media platform, X.

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