Republican Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty gave enormous credit to Elon Musk and Twitter for helping to tank a massive, 1,600-page continuing spending resolution by helping the public see what was actually in it,

CNN’s Dana Bash blew the whistle on Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) after he claimed on Sunday that he was made aware of a government funding bill the House was set to vote on last week by Elon Musk. Hagerty claimed Musk’s posting about the bill on X,

CNN anchor Dana Bash on Sunday hit back at Sen. Bill Hagerty’s (R-Tenn.) claim that Elon Musk was “the only way we would even know” about the government funding plan after the billionaire trashed the deal on his X platform.

A top Republican has slammed accusations that Elon Musk has transformed himself into the GOP’s éminence grise, insisting the tech-bro billionaire is a force for “transparency” just days after the SpaceX founder’s legislative meddling almost resulted in a federal shutdown.