Elon Musk Makes a Spoiler Party

This is so pathetic! Musk may have legitimate issues with the bill, but don't forget the feud with the President prior to the bill passing congress. POTUS significantly impacted incentives for electric vehicles, impacting Musk's already suffering TESLA. While I believe Musk to be a brilliant man who has done a great deal for our country, including his DOGE efforts, I also believe he has proven himself to be petty and vindictive. 3rd parties have almost never worked out except to damage one or both parties' candidates, which I believe is his goal. How is that patriotic?

Having lived through multiple third parties, this one is no different. Most important to keep in mind, Musk only needs to get his candidates to win a handful of Congressional seats. That makes them the potential spoiler so both Dems and Reps may have to modify their platforms to get over the top. Interesting times we live in.

On balance, probably hurt Republicans more.

No matter the rift between Trump and Musk, they still have the same agenda, separate from that of the Dems, so Musk's party may skim off some votes from the Reps, who might want more fiscal security and the Dems may vote for Musk because he is battling with Trump. Both of them are acting like children and that's not good for the country!

Why take a chance that a third party could upset the impressive results of the Trump Presidency?

Fred

I think it will hurt Republicans the most, at least in presidential elections.

We need a cleanse of the Republican party. Boot all RINO.
No need for another divisionist party that would balance in favor of Dems.

Republicans. Democrats could care less about being fiscally responsible

I think Elon Musk's attempt to form another political party is a big mistake and will hurt the Republican Party. His intentions are good and well founded but the reality of the political situation in Washington is that the BBB was good enough for a first step toward the goals Musk is seeking. The Democratic Party has now become the anti-American party that opposes all attempts to do the will of the people that they elected President Trump to carry out. The Republican majority in Congress is razor thin so any defections will only help the Democratic continuation of roadblocking the will of the American people. robert colley

Remember H. Ross Perot's "Reform Party" in 1992--which, combined with a weak Republican incumbent who invited us to "read his lips" and then reneged on that promise, resulted in the election of Bill Clinton, the vilest and most wicked, detestable person to ever occupy the presidency (at least, up until that time, anyway). Musk is sounding a lot like the spoiled rich kid we all knew who brought the only bat to the neighborhood baseball game in the vacant lot on the corner--the one who demanded that HE would get six strikes when he was up to bat (but everyone else was limited to the traditional three strikes), otherwise he would take his bat home and nobody would be able to play that day...

I think Elon Musk's attempt to form another political party is a big mistake and will hurt the Republican Party. His intentions are good and well founded but the reality of the political situation in Washington is that the BBB was good enough for a first step toward the goals Musk is seeking. The Democratic Party has now become the anti-American party that opposes all attempts to do the will of the people that they elected President Trump to carry out. The Republican majority in Congress is razor thin so any defections will only help the Democratic continuation of roadblocking the will of the American people. robert colley

I believe the last one who tried it was Ross Perot. He diverted many votes from the republican party and we got Bill Clinton for 8 years. Musk is naive about politics. He was disillusioned when he didn't get the support he expected with DOGE. But he did accomplish a lot, and the agency is still working to find waste and fraud. The government will never be run like a successful corporation.

I think it makes Musk look bad. He doesn’t get his way he throws a fit and forms his own party. He needs to understand it’s a 2 party which provides checks and balances. Would i like more water to be cut? Yes, but the government has no idea where most of the waste is. Im a nurse there is a lot of abuse of Medicaid and Medicare. Medicare is the biggest pastor because most people don’t get sick until they are older. Dr’s and administrators try to find the most payment always. Patients need to understand that Medicaid is not free, although it looks that way. Multiple visits for the same diagnosis need to stop. Co pays need to be for Medicaid

Republican Party. The Democratic Party has no interest in reducing spending, the Republican Party does. The American Party would be in competition with Republicans not Democrats. This could lead to a minority view of the economy winning. Surely this is not what Musk wants. He is just peeved at Trump.

The real problem here is not really the people in Congress, it's the broken system the corrupt people have created. Changing a few people will not have a significant effect on the future of our country.

Real change will only come when the system is changed. Term limits and a Balanced Budget amendment are possible through state level action. Once that has been accomplished Congress can be "fixed" by passing Read the Bills, One Subject At a Time and Write the Laws acts now before congress but generally ignored.

People will always be corruptible. The system needs fixing.

It’ll split the Republican vote. And won’t affect the democrats at all. Just like the Green Party spit the Republican vote.

“Disruption and chaos” has its place in humanity, but is seldom orderly and thought out with a clear goal. Wars, famines, regime changes, elections, etc. have all caused disruptions and chaos; what matters is how the end is dealt with, lessons learned and applied, and the resulting change is better than what it replaced. So, go ahead Musk, change the old order, only learn from the ones that attempted change previously.

Really bad idea. Apparently Musk is too young to remember how Ross Perot's third party ushered in Clinton. BTW, I voted for Perot and regret it. I liked Ross Perot, however there was no chance he was going to win and he simply drew votes away from Bush, allowing Clinton to win.

Adding a true national 3rd party is an idea that should be encouraged especially if it adopted the constitution party platform

Of all the attempts to start a viable third party this one has the est chance. Republicans better do something big about the deficit or they will be easily branded as just the conservative end of a uni-party that Musk claims they are.

At this point, I'm inclined to consider the question of which major party would be most hurt a matter of pure speculation. I think the answer would depend on the year, the major-party candidates and issues in play, the mood of the nation, and too many other factors to know, at this point.

Republicans

If done correctly, a third party may mobilize the 50 plus percentage of eligibile voters who believe there's no point in voting... maybe the corrupt politicians in both parties will be behind bars within six years!!!

Any time there is a third party that similarly aligns with one or the other of the 2 parties, it hurts the one it closely resembles. There may be some democrats that would go to the 3rd party, but it will split the republican vote and hurt them and the new party. Only good for democrats. If the people voted in a new party, it could be different on outcome, but that would take some time. For now, it will hurt one of the 2 parties (republicans) and get nowhere fast. This new party seems suspect anyway.

Hurt the Republicans the most.