Musk says US lawmakers should not vote to extend funding, raising risk of shutdown

Elon Musk, tapped by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to prune the federal government, on Wednesday pressured Republicans in Congress to reject a stopgap spending bill, which would trigger a partial government shutdown.

Musk said Congress should pass no laws until Trump returns to the White House next month, but some House of Representatives immediately said they would vote for the stopgap bill.

The Tesla chief executive and world’s richest person, who spent more than $250 million to help Trump get elected, said lawmakers who vote to extend government funding past Friday should be voted out of office.