​"President Musk, this morning, made it clear with all his vast government experience which is basically he became rich on the federal government that he doesn't want Republicans to pass this bill. And seemingly vice president Trump kind of backed him up on that point," Kinzinger said appearing on a CNN panel discussing the spending bill.
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