Elon Musk comes out swinging against government spending package in early test of his political might

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : In more than two dozen posts, Musk assailed the bill on various points, calling it "criminal" for including funding for the State Department's Global Engagement Center, an agency tasked with fighting foreign propaganda and misinformation, which Musk called a "censorship operation.
51% : "This bill should not pass," Musk posted Wednesday morning, responding to a post by Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-leader of President-elect Donald Trump's advisory group Department of Government Efficiency.
44% : But as multiple GOP lawmakers field calls after Musk unleashed his millions of followers on their offices, the most important voice in the conversation, Trump, remained silent.
32% : "The public battle sets up an early test of Musk and Ramaswamy's political might as they look to slash government spending, including at least $2 trillion in federal programs, a figure experts have called unrealistic.

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