A Republican from Georgia is admonishing tech billionaire turned political force Elon Musk for tanking Thursday night’s continuing resolution to fund the government.
Speaking to CNN’s Katilan Collins, Rep. Rich McCormick said:
This is a leadership challenge that Mike Johnson has to define himself with. Are you going to get the right input from the right people to get this bill passed? Because, quite frankly, you can’t do it in a vacuum. And it doesn’t matter because, quite frankly, last time I checked, Elon Musk doesn’t have a vote in Congress.
Now, he has influence, and he’ll put pressure on us to do whatever he thinks the right thing is for him. But I have 760,000 people that voted for me to do the right thing for them. And that’s what matters to me.
Musk, the wealthiest person on the planet, who hit a net worth of $400 billion earlier this…
