'Losing their minds': Dem lawmakers face backlash for invoking 'unhinged' violent rhetoric against Musk

Several Democratic lawmakers drew the ire of conservatives connected societal media aft showing up astatine a rally against Elon Musk’s DOGE efforts and riling up the assemblage with disparaging comments astir the Tesla CEO, including calling him a Nazi.

"Elon Musk is simply a Nazi nepo baby, a godless lawless billionaire, who nary 1 elected," Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., said astatine a rally extracurricular the Treasury Department wherever protesters were speaking retired against DOGE.

"Elon, this is the American people. This is not your trashy Cybertruck that you tin conscionable dismantle, prime apart, and merchantability the pieces of."

At 1 constituent during her remarks, Pressley said, "We volition spot you successful the court, successful Congress, successful the streets."

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Democrats rallied against DOGE and Elon Musk connected Tuesday. (Getty/AP)

"Elon Musk is seizing the powerfulness that belongs to the American people," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said portion shaking her fist alongside Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. "We are present to combat back."

"We are gonna beryllium successful your face, we are gonna beryllium connected your a--es, and we are going to marque definite you recognize what ideology looks like, and this ain’t it," Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said astatine the rally. 

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was besides successful attendance and told the assemblage that Musk's DOGE efforts are "taking distant everything we have."

"God d---it unopen down the Senate!" Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., said. "WE ARE AT WAR!"

Conservatives connected societal media rapidly pushed backmost connected the comments, with immoderate accusing Pressley of inciting violence.

"These radical are wholly sane…," Greg Price, Trump '24 lawman accelerated effect director, sarcastically posted connected X on with a supercut of clips from the rally. 

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, with Rep. Maxine Waters, speaks during a rally astatine the Treasury Department connected Feb. 4, 2025, successful Washington, D.C. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)

"THIS IS A CALL FOR VIOLENCE!" video journalist Nick Sortor posted connected X successful effect to Pressley. "The DOJ MUST analyse this!"

"Rep Ayanna Pressley conscionable called connected her followers to agitate successful the streets," LibsofTikTok posted connected X. "Typical Democrat doing what they bash best: Calling for unit and chaos."

"Democrat lawmakers are losing their minds present that their USAID scam is exposed," conservative influencer Paul Szypula posted connected X. "Pressley needs to beryllium censured for inciting violence."

"Making Jasmine Crockett the look of your enactment is surely a prime and 1 I highly encourage," Red State writer Bonchie posted connected X.

"Rep. Jasmine Crockett is wholly unhinged," blimpish commentator Ben Kew posted connected X. 

"A screeching Elizabeth ‘Pocahontas’ Warren says Elon Musk is ‘seizing powerfulness from the American people’ by not allowing legislature members to discarded payer money," Collin Rugg, co-owner of Trending Politics, posted connected X. "I knew Trump's 2nd presidency would beryllium bully but didn't recognize it would beryllium this good."

"This sounds similar a telephone for insurrection to me," Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., posted connected X successful effect to McIver. "CC: @TheJusticeDept @FBI."

Fox News Digital reached retired to the bureau of Reps. Pressley, Crockett and McIver.

The Democrat lawmakers person travel retired against Musk aft helium was granted entree to a Treasury section called the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which disburses trillions successful payments each year, including Social Security checks and national salaries, done DOGE, which is tasked with reducing national spending. 

Elon Musk is starring the Department of Government Efficiency. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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"The @DOGE squad discovered, among different things, that outgo support officers astatine Treasury were instructed ever to o.k. payments, adjacent to known fraudulent oregon violent groups," Musk wrote connected X successful defence of his actions. "They virtually ne'er denied a outgo successful their full career. Not adjacent once."

In a missive Tuesday to national lawmakers, a Treasury Department authoritative said a tech enforcement moving with Musk's Department of Government Efficiency volition person "read-only access" to the government's outgo system.

Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano contributed to this report