Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty ImagesRepublicans tanked a government funding bill after Elon Musk led a campaign against it.Democrats have been insinuating that Musk is now the real leader of the GOP.In a statement to BI, a Trump spokeswoman forcefully pushed back.President-elect Donald Trump's team is making clear that he's the one in charge of the Republican Party — not Elon Musk.In a statement to Business Insider for a story about how Musk helped tank a government funding bill (otherwise known as a continuing resolution, or "CR") this week, Karoline Leavitt, the Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman, pushed back on statements made by Democrats that Musk is actually calling the shots, rather than the president-elect himself."As soon as President Trump released his official stance on the CR, Republicans on Capitol Hill echoed his point of view," Leavitt said.