{"id":2454382,"date":"2025-07-01T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/malliotakis-blasts-musks-effort-to-derail-the-presidents-agenda\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:35:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T20:35:34","slug":"malliotakis-blasts-musks-effort-to-derail-the-presidents-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/malliotakis-blasts-musks-effort-to-derail-the-presidents-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Malliotakis blasts Musk&#8217;s effort to &#8216;derail the president&#8217;s agenda&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmalliotakis-blasts-musks-effort-to-derail-the-presidents-agenda%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2454382&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent statement, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) criticized Tesla CEO Elon musk, accusing him of attempting to create division within the Republican Party considering his opposition to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Musk has publicly expressed concerns that the tax legislation passed by the Senate will hinder the growth of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-media-watchdog-defends-jennifer-granholms-wealth-after-helping-her-become-a-millionaire\/\" title=\"Left-Wing Media Watchdog Defends Jennifer Granholm\u2019s Wealth After Helping Her Become a Millionaire\">electric vehicle company<\/a> and increase national debt. Despite Musk&#8217;s protests, the house had already approved its version of the bill, which is anticipated to pass again before the July 4 deadline. Malliotakis suggested that Musk&#8217;s frustrations may stem from the government&#8217;s shift in focus towards the middle class rather than billionaires. the new <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >tax bill includes provisions<\/a> to phase out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-mexico-angry-over-bidens-support-for-electric-vehicle-tax-credits-citing-trade-agreements\/\" title=\"Canada, Mexico Angry over Biden\u2019s Support for Electric Vehicle Tax ..., Citing Trade Agreements\">electric vehicle tax credits<\/a>, a matter of contention during its drafting. Musk has yet to respond to the Senate&#8217;s approval of the bill, but he did indicate his intention to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-groups-issue-tepid-responses-to-tlaibs-accusations-of-israeli-apartheid\/\" title=\"Jewish Groups Issue Tepid Responses To Tlaib\u2019s Accusations Of Israeli \u2018Apartheid\u2019\">support primary challengers<\/a> against Republican senators who voted for it.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Nicole Malliotakis blasts Musk&rsquo;s effort to &lsquo;derail the president&rsquo;s agenda&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2163263\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292753\/nicole-malliotakis-biden-last-minute-pardons-telling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Nicole Malliotakis<\/a> (R-NY) accused Tesla CEO <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> of trying to &ldquo;divide the Republicans&rdquo; in his stance against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3457381\/musk-blasts-senate-version-trump-tax-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">complained<\/a> that the tax legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3458684\/trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-senate-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">passed by the Senate<\/a> Tuesday will stifle his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-husted-defends-promise-of-growth-from-big-beautiful-bill\/\" title=\"Jon Husted defends promise of \u2018growth\u2019 from \u2018big, beautiful ...\u2019\">electric car company&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s growth and contribute to the national debt. The House already passed its own version weeks ago despite Musk&rsquo;s criticism and is expected to pass the chamber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3457681\/gop-braces-vote-a-rama-senate-nears-final-vote-big-beautiful-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a second time<\/a> before July 4.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3459837\/five-aides-testimony-dates-house-oversight-biden-autopen-investigation\/\">Five more Biden aides lock in testimony dates for House Oversight autopen investigation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3459743\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-back-house-gop-resistance-deadline\/\">Trump&#8217;s &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217; back in House as GOP scrambles to meet July 4 deadline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3459669\/watch-live-house-rules-committee-debates-senate-version-of-trumps-big-beautiful-bill\/\">WATCH LIVE: House Rules Committee  debates Senate version of Trump&#8217;s &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Musk might have some influence, but we&rsquo;re so focused on getting this job done, it seems to me he&rsquo;s trying to divide the Republicans, derail the president&rsquo;s agenda, and we&rsquo;re not going to allow that to happen,&rdquo; Malliotakis said on Fox Business&rsquo;s<em> Varney &amp; Co<\/em> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=3010616&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=f8ed565f9f7d0eb1432bfbaa8c99eaf8\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;So either, you know, maybe he&rsquo;s mad because we&rsquo;re not focused on billionaires, government&rsquo;s actually focused on the middle class for once, or maybe he&rsquo;s just upset over the EV tax credits,&rdquo; Malliotakis said.<\/p>\n<p>This was likely in reference to the end of electric vehicle tax credits proposed by the bill. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3458684\/trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-senate-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Both chambers<\/a> phased out these credits in their drafts. While the Senate initially floated a softer phasing out, after days of debating the issue, senators ultimately adopted the House&rsquo;s proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has yet to publicly respond to the Senate officially passing the bill. As a former senior adviser to President Donald Trump, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3458824\/elon-musk-porky-pig-party-trump-bill-primary-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">threatened<\/a> to help fund primary challengers of all the Republican senators who voted for the bill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3458684\/trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-senate-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP&rsquo;S &lsquo;BIG, BEAUTIFUL&rsquo; TAX BILL CLEARS SENATE AFTER GOP REBELLION FORCES VANCE TIEBREAKER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the Senate, only Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) voted against the bill. In the House, the bill&rsquo;s opponents included Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Warren Davidson (R-OH), and Andy Harris (R-MD), with all three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3419268\/five-house-republicans-vote-no-one-big-beautiful-bill-passage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">citing their concerns <\/a>over the nation&rsquo;s deficit.<\/p>\n<p>The threat from Musk was an equal response to Trump launching efforts to find primary challengers against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3457408\/trump-targets-tillis-after-no-vote-tax-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tillis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3450538\/trump-advisers-maga-pac-thomas-massie-primary-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Massie<\/a>. However, Tillis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3457696\/tillis-surprise-retirement-scrambles-2026-senate-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">announced<\/a> he wasn&rsquo;t running for reelection, while Massie used Trump&rsquo;s threat as fodder for his campaign, which has consistently won him at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3450372\/trump-thomas-massie-rand-paul-jr-truth-social-iran-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">75% of the vote<\/a> each cycle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2163263\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2163263\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malliotakis criticizes Musk for attempting to &#8220;divide Republicans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2454385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nicole-Malliotakis-Feb-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[21760,4250,58245],"class_list":["post-2454382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-malliotakis","tag-musk","tag-presidents-agenda"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nicole-Malliotakis-Feb-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2454387,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454382\/revisions\/2454387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2454385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}