Musk Weighs In on Wyoming ‘Grooming’ Bill, But Opposition Crossed Party Lines

A routine legislative vote in Wyoming caught the attention of one of the world’s most prominent tech billionaires on Tuesday, after Elon Musk highlighted that all House Democrats had opposed a bill to establish specific criminal penalties for the grooming of minors. However, the social media firestorm largely omitted that 13 Republicans also voted against the measure.

House Bill 9, which seeks to define grooming behaviors and set tiered penalties based on the ages of victims and perpetrators, barely cleared the two-thirds introduction threshold required during the budget session, passing 43-19. The bill’s narrow survival came despite unanimous Democratic opposition—a detail seized upon by Musk, who reposted a “Libs of TikTok” thread with the roll call and added a one-word comment: “Wow.”