'We're ignoring him': GOP senators react to Musk's threat to primary supporters of Trump's 'beautiful' bill

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk threatened to sponsorship primary challenges of GOP senators who vote in favor of President Donald Trump s big beautiful bill prompting pushback from selected senators who spoke to Fox News Digital I'll take President Trump's endorsement over Elon's any day of the week back home Kansas GOP Sen Roger Marshall advised Fox News Digital Look we need to pass this bill because it helps fulfill President Trump's agenda His priorities were to secure the boundary bring back prosperity and defense I think if we do those things if we bring back the prosperity and the safeguard we're going to get re-elected Elon's continuing his little spat we are ignoring him Let's get this bill across the finish line GOP Sen Tommy Tuberville of Alabama communicated Fox News Digital that the bottom line is that of us are going to vote for this tonight TRUMP WARNS OF 'WHOPPING TAX INCREASE' IF SENATE FAILS TO PASS HISTORIC BILL I saw particular of the things he's upset over the subsidies that we're cutting out of strength you know the wind and solar He thinks that we need to do more with capacity and I agree with that but we can't keep funding it through the federal regime We've got to go out there and do it the right way through private enterprise like he's done it Missouri GOP Sen Schmitt praised Musk s work at DOGE saying he has a ton of respect for the former DOGE chief and stated he should be congratulated for the incredible thing he did for the country finding waste fraud and abuse in the federal cabinet Everybody s entitled to their opinions Schmitt commented GOP Tennessee Sen Bill Hagerty explained Fox News Digital that by the time primary elections come up in the country will already be seeing the benefits of the bill We're going to see more improvement and more tax benefits more revenue benefits I should say so I don't think that the doom and gloom being predicted by a great number of is literally going to manifest itself Hagerty explained In fact I think we're opening the door to a new golden era as President Trump likes to say ELON MUSK SAYS US IS RULED BY 'PORKY PIG PARTY' AS TRUMP DEFENDS HIS VISION AGAINST FORMER ALLY'S CRITICISMSouth Dakota GOP Sen Jon Hoeven pushed back on the criticism that the bill would increase the deficit by arguing the deficit would be reduced via revenue rise and savings I think people understand that he you know didn't like the one big beautiful bill Hoeven revealed So I don't know that people have paid you know nearly as much attention to it this time around Marshall when inquired if he thought Musk s primary threats would hurt Republicans in the midterms reported I haven t given it a second thought in the present day It would be a big speed bump in certain states in Kansas presumably not so much I think President Trump was wildly popular in majority of of these states I think we need to find a way to get Elon back on board He's a smart person brings a lot to our financial system Let's figure out how to bring Elon back into the fold here Musk intensified his ongoing feud with Trump and his allies this week in a political warning to lawmakers that he would work to unseat them if they voted in help of Trump's bill Anyone who campaigned on the PROMISE of REDUCING SPENDING but continues to vote on the BIGGEST DEBT ceiling increase in HISTORY will see their face on this poster in the primary next year Musk posted to X Monday evening The message was accompanied by an image of Pinocchio sitting on fire and the caption LIAR Voted to increase America's DEBT by Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing governing body spending and then straightaway 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 Musk declared in a post on X on Monday On Tuesday morning as the bill was being debated in the Senate Trump warned that the Department of Regime Efficiency DOGE is a monster that might have to go back and eat Elon DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon Wouldn't that be terrible Trump advised the media Tuesday morning as he departed for a trip to the Florida Everglades to visit a new migrant detention center He gets a lot of subsidies But Elon was very upset that the EV mandate is going to be terminated His response followed a question regarding whether he would deport Musk who is originally from South Africa Trump responded I don't know we'll have to take a look Fox News Digital s Emma Colton contributed to this analysis