Elon Musk, declaring the two-party system in America is broken, wasted little time after President Donald Trump on Friday signed his formerly named "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" — a historic, $3.3 trillion spending bill — into law.
Musk took to X on Saturday to announce his creation of the "America Party," which he said was a direct response to what he called America's "one-party system, not a democracy."
The multibillionaire tech mogul made the announcement after he posted an Independence Day poll on X in which he asked voters if they wanted freedom from the "two-party (some would say uniparty) system."
With over 1.2 million votes cast — 65.4 percent of respondents said "yes" — Musk posted:
By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!
When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy.
Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.
Hmm. Given the history of third parties in present-day America, one would be wise to question the efficacy of Musk's latest brainchild.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not only among those who question the wisdom of creating a third party; he also suggests what he believes is a better alternative for Musk to focus on if he remains engaged in the political arena:
The problem is, when you do another party, especially if you're running on some of the issues that [Musk] talks about, that would end up — if he funds Senate candidates and House candidates in competitive races — that would likely end up meaning the Democrats would win all of the competitive Senate and House races, so ... I don't want to see that happen.
DeSantis then suggested what he considers a better alternative for Musk:
I think if you want to get involved and hold accountable, you know we do have a problem in the Republican Party with these D.C. congressmen — they always run saying there's out-of-control spending and they're gonna spend less, but they never do it.
Indeed.
Let's be honest.
The first thing congressional candidates do after they win an election is start running for reelection. I don't mean in campaign mode, of course, but rather in the sense of not wanting to rock the proverbial boat too much by supporting a substantial cutback in federal spending — let alone by putting it all on the line in support of a balanced budget.
DeSantis continued:
So there's a gap between the campaign rhetoric and then the performance. Elon was doing DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) and a lot of Congress didn't want anything to do with actually adopting the DOGE cuts.
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DeSantis said he believes Musk could have a “monumental impact” by championing two causes that the former DOGE overseer has continually said are important to him: a balanced budget amendment and term limits for members of Congress.
“As it is now," DeSantis explained, "even if somehow a third party could elect some people that were so-called fiscal conservative, I don’t think it would even move the needle, even if they got elected. And we know that they wouldn’t get elected because it’s really one of two parties.”
The popular governor added:
So either just taking votes away from one side or the other is really how it ends up going. So, you know, I’m a believer in trying to work this stuff out through the Republican process rather than do that.
As a pragmatic, bottom-line thinker, I have to agree with DeSantis here.
How many times have we seen congressional Republicans talking a big game — promising this, and promising that — only to do what they always seem to do when they gain control in either chamber or both? Which is tantamount to all hat and no cattle, as I think they say in Texas.
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