For months, Elon Musk was the toast of the town for Republicans.

His visits to the Capitol were jammed with GOP lawmakers eager to hitch their wagon to his Department of Government Efficiency initiative and the billionaire’s call for dramatic cuts in federal spending.

Republicans jostled to get into meetings with him. They eagerly took pictures by his side. They praised his moves to slash federal jobs.

But this week, when Musk publicly turned on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” by labeling it a “disgusting abomination,” most GOP lawmakers said nothing.

“I think he’s flat wrong,” U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters. “I’ve told him as much.”

But just minutes after Johnson’s rebuke, the Congressional Budget Office confirmed Musk’s charge, reporting that the Hou

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