‘Meme king’ GOP congressman who rose to prominence with viral posts gets new title for Christmas from Elon Musk

Georgia GOP Rep. Mike Collins touted a stocking stuffer that X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk apparently gifted him for Christmas that celebrated the lawmaker’s meme-posting ability.

“Wow! Thank you @elonmusk! 🎄🎁,” Collins posted on X alongside video of a nameplate from the company’s headquarters proclaiming the freshman Republican a “Memer of Congress.”

Collins placed the new nameplate, which also bore the bold “X” logo of Musk’s social media platform, atop his congressional desk in the video.

The congressman from Georgia’s 10th District came to prominence during the Republican conference’s three-week search for a new House speaker following the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Oct. 3.

The attention-grabbing content boosted the rep’s online viewership by the thousands, and Collins currently enjoys more than 20,000 followers for his Congressional X account.

The “meme king” did not vote to vacate McCarthy’s speakership but made several humorous posts in the weeks before GOP Conference Vice Chairman Mike Johnson (R-La.) won the gavel.

He expressed concerns this month that the California Republican’s decision to leave office before the end of his term next November could leave Republicans with a mere “two-seat majority” after the expulsion of lying Rep. George Santos (R-NY).

Collins made a brief bid to replace Johnson as the Republican conference vice chairman, a position clinched by Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah) after several rounds of voting.

The Post has reached out to reps for Collins and Musk about the Christmas gift.