Well, that escalated quickly.
Republican Senator Rand Paul, well known for his open war of words with Dr. Fauci, has apparently taken aim at Elon Musk with a surprise move in the Senate.
According to a report from Politico, Paul is pressing the Senate to vote on an amendment that would reduce foreign aid grant funding by 83 percent, thereby enacting the reductions Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the president’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are already in the process of making.
Needless to say, Paul’s push for the senators to vote definitively, one way or the other, on Musk’s continued actions in DOGE is one litmus test for how much support the Tesla CEO really has behind the scenes.
After all, it’s a bit hard to know who supports what, especially when considering all the news, rumors, misinformation, and disinformation that routinely pervade the government now.
Hence Paul’s sudden move in the Senate.
“My vote will be an example of how many people support DOGE. No Democrats, obviously. But on the Republican side, how many people actually would cut any money from foreign aid? I think you’ll be surprised, or maybe you won’t,” Rand asserted.
Indeed, in Paul’s view, approximately 50% of Republican senators would openly oppose the amendment … amongst them Paul himself.
Indeed, one thing is certainly clear with Paul’s declaration – He is not voting in favor of DOGE.
As directly affirmed by Politico itself.
“The Kentucky Republican plans to vote against the funding measure, along with droves of Senate Democrats, who oppose the measure for completely different reasons than the fiscal hawk,” Politico noted.
So, in other words, Paul is forecasting that upwards of 50 percent of Republican senators will be voting against DOGE, further throwing the already fraught Trump administration into turmoil, at least in terms of resistance to Elon Musk.
The potential chaos in the Senate is also fresh after the Cabinet meeting, in which Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a reported showdown with Musk over USAID.
Whether or not the conflict occurred precisely as the New York Times reported it remains questionable, though it is also evident that neither Rubio nor other Republicans appear to be filled with overt praise for Musk.
So, it will be quite interesting to see the aftermath of the upcoming vote, especially as it turns out thnat a broad swathe of the Republican Party is growing resistant to the efforts undertaken at DOGE.
How will Trump sound off following such a potential revolt?
That remains to be seen as well, though one thing is for certain – Trump is facing quite significant headwinds within his own party, the full effects of which have not yet been realized.
Author: Jane Jones
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