Ali Vitali: Musk’s Criticism of Trump Shakes the Turf a Little Bit

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VITALI: “Yeah, I think it shakes the turf here a little bit. Because I was talking with a lawmaker yesterday morning before this series of Musk tweets where they were saying, yeah, it seems like every Senate Republican might voice a little bit of concern, but ultimately they're going to fall in line here, much like House Republicans did. This changes that dynamic, though, because Musk is someone who lawmakers have twisted themselves in knots, not just to stick close to, but to defend in front of their own constituents at times. Now they're going to have to both use him as cover on the Senate side as they try to make changes here, but then also you're already seeing House Republicans who went along to go along, come back and say, oh, wait, now I'm finding things in this bill like an AI provision, if you're Marjorie Taylor Greene that I didn't actually read and I actually don't like. So this could give some renewed problems to Speaker Johnson, who already had to herd cats to get this passed the first time.”