Rep. Thomas Massie, left, called on Elon Musk to fund challengers to President Donald Trump's agenda bill. (Getty Images)
"I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it," Musk first posted.
It was followed by several posts on the national debt, and one that read, "In November next year, we fire all politicians who betrayed the American people."
Massie said on Wednesday, "I just think he made one mistake when misstatement – he said take them out in November. I would take them out in primaries if I were Elon Musk."
Both House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and the White House have closed ranks around the legislation.
Johnson issued a rare forceful response to Musk from the podium of his weekly press conference on Wednesday, calling the billionaire "flat wrong."
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U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said Elon Musk was "wrong." (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Massie has been consistent, however, in his opposition to legislation that would have any chance of adding to the federal debt – now currently nearly $37 trillion.
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Republican supporters of the bill, however, have contended that it is the best possible vehicle to radically reform government programs plagued with waste, fraud and abuse, and restore much-needed funding to the border, while extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts.
However, the legislation is now in the Senate, where Republicans have already signaled they would want to see changes to the final bill.
Fox News Digital reached out to the National Republican Congressional Committee for comment on Massie's remarks.
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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