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12:30 Report — Republicans' complicated feelings for Musk

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17.02.2025
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12:30 REPORT

It’s Monday. Happy President’s Day! In this edition:

  • Trump administration fires hundreds at the FAA.
  • Is Elon Musk a liability for Republicans? Some think so.
  • Senate eyes vote-a-rama.
  • “SNL” 50th anniversary special highlights

I’m Cate Martel with a quick recap of the morning and what’s coming up. Send tips & feedback to cmartel@thehill.com. Someone forward this to you? Sign up.

 

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The Hill’s Alexander Bolton reports that Capitol Hill Republicans are divided over tech billionaire Elon Musk being the face of President Trump’s major purge of the federal government.

What they’re concerned about: “Several GOP senators worry that having an unelected billionaire crow about slashing federal jobs, which happen to employ many people in their home states, is not a good look when inflation remains a major problem and many Americans are having trouble making ends meet.”

One GOP senator told Bolton (but didn’t want to be named): “Every day that [Musk is] there, he seems more destructive.”

Read more on the Republican discomfort: ‘GOP lawmakers divided on Musk, seen by some as a liability’

 

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