Sen. Rand Paul Calls for Elon Musk to Be Named Speaker of the House

Senator Rand Paul has suggested that Elon Musk be named the new Speaker of the House to replace Rep. Mike Johnson.

The Kentucky politician made the suggestion in a Thursday morning post on X.

“The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress . . .” Sen. Paul began.

The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress . . .

Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk . . . think about it . . . nothing’s impossible. (not to mention the joy at seeing the collective establishment, aka ‘uniparty,’ lose their ever-lovin’…

— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 19, 2024

“Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk . . . think about it . . . nothing’s impossible. (not to mention the joy at seeing the collective establishment, aka ‘uniparty,’ lose their ever-lovin’ minds),” the post concluded.

Musk and many others have been blasting Johnson for the wasteful spending bill introduced on Tuesday evening.

President-elect Donald Trump has already selected Musk to co-lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (or “DOGE”) with former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

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“There’s certainly a lot of work for a Department of Government Efficiency.

There will be immense opposition, obviously, to making government more efficient from entrenched interests that… https://t.co/z8iFpKI9ID pic.twitter.com/uY56r25wfX

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December 18, 2024

Musk had not responded to the senator’s suggestion as of 9 a.m. on Thursday morning.

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