Several Democratic lawmakers drew the ire of conservatives on social media after showing up at a rally against Elon Musk’s DOGE efforts and riling up the crowd with disparaging comments about the Tesla CEO, including calling him a Nazi.
‘Elon Musk is a Nazi nepo baby, a godless lawless billionaire, who no one elected,’ Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., said at a rally outside the Treasury Department where protesters were speaking out against DOGE.
‘Elon, this is the American people. This is not your trashy Cybertruck that you can just dismantle, pick apart, and sell the pieces of.’
At one point during her remarks, Pressley said, ‘We will see you in the court, in Congress, in the streets.’
‘Elon Musk is seizing the power that belongs to the American people,’ Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said while shaking her fist alongside Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. ‘We are here to fight back.’
‘We are gonna be in your face, we are gonna be on your a–es, and we are going to make sure you understand what democracy looks like, and this ain’t it,’ Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said at the rally.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was also in attendance and told the crowd that Musk’s DOGE efforts are ‘taking away everything we have.’
‘God d—it shut down the Senate!’ Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., said. ‘WE ARE AT WAR!’
Conservatives on social media quickly pushed back on the comments, with some accusing Pressley of inciting violence.
‘These people are totally sane…,’ Greg Price, Trump ’24 deputy rapid response director, sarcastically posted on X along with a supercut of clips from the rally.
‘THIS IS A CALL FOR VIOLENCE!’ video journalist Nick Sortor posted on X in response to Pressley. ‘The DOJ MUST investigate this!’
‘Rep Ayanna Pressley just called on her followers to agitate in the streets,’ LibsofTikTok posted on X. ‘Typical Democrat doing what they do best: Calling for violence and chaos.’
‘Democrat lawmakers are losing their minds now that their USAID scam is exposed,’ conservative influencer Paul Szypula posted on X. ‘Pressley needs to be censured for inciting violence.’
