Elon Musk Urged Ohio’s Governor to Appoint Vivek Ramaswamy to Senate Because He Found Him ‘Annoying’: Report

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Billionaire Trump ally Elon Musk asked Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to appoint Vivek Ramaswamy to the Senate because he found his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) co-head “annoying” and didn’t want to deal with him anymore, according to a new report.

Politico senior columnist Jonathan Martin reported on Wednesday that Musk, “growing tired” of Ramaswamy and “eager to push him out” of DOGE, phoned Gov. DeWine and requested that he “appoint Ramaswamy to the Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance.”

Citing an unnamed source familiar with the conversation, Martin reported that Musk initially tried to sell the idea as a way to put a DOGE representative in the Senate.

“But shortly into the call, Musk betrayed his actual motivation: He said he found Ramaswamy annoying,” the report continued.

Ultimately, DeWine opted not to select Ramaswamy as Vance’s replacement in the Senate and instead chose his former running mate, Ohio Lieutenant Gov. Jon Husted.

In January, just a few months after President Donald Trump appointed him to co-head DOGE with Musk, it was announced that Ramaswamy would be leaving the position to run for governor in Ohio, where DeWine is unable to serve another term.

An unnamed Republican strategist told Politico at the time that Ramaswamy “just burned through the bridges and he finally burned Elon.”

“Everyone wants him out of Mar-a-Lago, out of D.C,” the strategist claimed.