!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=8055e9e5-3bda-4933-8d45-9ad814fb6e22';cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"8055e9e5-3bda-4933-8d45-9ad814fb6e22","mediaId":"4b27032c-4242-47e7-9777-7078b7bd4554"}).render("6870a8dae4b00de383c08248");});A third party backed by billionaire Elon Musk will divide conservatives to the detriment of the Republican Party and help elect Democrats, Republican senators who are allied with President Donald Trump warned this week.“It’s just going to split conservatives, and it will guarantee big spending Democrats hold the power,” Senator Ron Johnson told HuffPost. “So it’ll backfire on him if his goal is to reduce the size and scope and cost of government. That’s the wrong way to do it.”Senator Rand Paul, who has often clashed with his party on matters of deficits and spending, heaped praise on Musk as an “extraordinary innovator, inventor, businessman.” But he, too, urged Musk to fight for what he believes while staying inside the Republican tent. “I would probably encourage him to stay involved in Republican primaries to make sure that the big government advocates don’t end up defeating the fiscal conservatives that are left in our party,” Paul said. The richest man in the world