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D-Day for Musk: Democrats in Special Elections Target Trump's DOGE Chief - Politico
But April 1 could be, and should be, Liberation Day for congressional Republicans when it comes to Elon Musk.
If the Democratic-aligned nominee for a Wisconsin Supreme Court wins and the Republican candidate only narrowly prevails here, a NASCAR capital that’s nobody’s idea of a battleground, GOP lawmakers on the ballot next year will have cause to repeat Trump’s signature line from his show business days: You’re fired.
There’s little that congressional Republicans and their counterparts in state capitals can do about Trump and his insistence on pushing inflation-spiking tariffs. He grips his party like no modern president, and they must accommodate every impulse.
However, Musk has turbocharged the backlash to Trump and accelerated the revival of demoralized Democrats and independents appalled by the billionaire’s cavalier attempt to slash the federal government. If they don’t push the White House to cut Musk loose, Republicans are tempting a replay of 2017 and 2018, when Democrats scored gains in Trump’s first term, but with twin targets for the left this time.
Don’t take my word for it.
Just glimpse at the Democrats’ shocking state-senate win in Pennsylvania’s Amish country last week, the overwhelming rejection on Saturday of four state constitutional amendments pushed by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and the Wisconsin contest, along with two deep-red Florida special congressional races in which the Democrats running will raise over $20 million between them.
If the Democratic-aligned nominee for a Wisconsin Supreme Court wins and the Republican candidate only narrowly prevails here, a NASCAR capital that’s nobody’s idea of a battleground, GOP lawmakers on the ballot next year will have cause to repeat Trump’s signature line from his show business days: You’re fired.
There’s little that congressional Republicans and their counterparts in state capitals can do about Trump and his insistence on pushing inflation-spiking tariffs. He grips his party like no modern president, and they must accommodate every impulse.
However, Musk has turbocharged the backlash to Trump and accelerated the revival of demoralized Democrats and independents appalled by the billionaire’s cavalier attempt to slash the federal government. If they don’t push the White House to cut Musk loose, Republicans are tempting a replay of 2017 and 2018, when Democrats scored gains in Trump’s first term, but with twin targets for the left this time.
Don’t take my word for it.
Just glimpse at the Democrats’ shocking state-senate win in Pennsylvania’s Amish country last week, the overwhelming rejection on Saturday of four state constitutional amendments pushed by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and the Wisconsin contest, along with two deep-red Florida special congressional races in which the Democrats running will raise over $20 million between them.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/01/special-elections-elon-musk-trump-weakness-00262007
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