A group aligned with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is spending seven figures on a new ad campaign invoking Elon Musk. (Getty Images)
Mike Smith, president of HMP's action arm House Majority Forward, linked the ads to House Republicans' vote last week to advance President Donald Trump's agenda via the budget reconciliation process.
"Last week, Republicans betrayed the American people – breaking their promise and paving the way to strip millions of men, women, and children of their health insurance," Smith said. "We will make sure every American knows exactly who is responsible."
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson ushered through a massive bill calling for at least $1.5 trillion in spending cuts last week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
But Democrats and some moderate Republicans are skeptical that the savings can be found without cutting deeply into those programs.
Democrats also appear to have found a potential new boogeyman in Musk ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, as he and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) work to find at least $1 trillion in cuts to the federal bureaucracy.
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HMP's ad strategy was first reported by Punchbowl News last week.
The NRCC pointed Fox News Digital to a memo sent by them last week that accused Democrats of weaponizing the Trump budget bill vote.
"They have turned their backs on the working class and have taken a wrecking ball to America’s fiscal future. This vote is an anvil around the ankles of vulnerable House Democrats, and the NRCC plans to weaponize it to ensure they lose their races in 2026," the memo said.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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