Democratic California Rep. Robert Garcia called for “actual weapons” to be used against Elon Musk, who heads up President Donald Trump’s initiative known as the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
Garcia, speaking on CNN, indicated violence may be necessary protect democracy.
Garcia was asked by CNN host Brianna Keller if “calling Musk a dick is effective messaging.” Garcia had done so in a congressional committee.
Garcia responded:
“Well he is a dick, and I think he’s also harming the American public in an enormous way. What I think is really important and what the American public wants is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight. This is an actual fight for democracy, for the future of this country, and it’s important to push back on the chairperson of this committee.”
“We went into exactly what Elon Musk is trying to do. Dismantling the Department of Labor, dismantling the Department of Education, dismantling all of our consumer protection agencies, and so it’s all important, but it’s also important to get the attention of the American public and call Elon Musk out for what he is and to make people know that Marjorie Taylor Greene is not a serious legislator, and she shouldn’t be treated as such,” Garcia said.
In a meeting of the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, Garcia had earlier this week pontificated about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who in 2023 held up a photo of a nude (and redacted) Hunter Biden during a committee hearing.
Read more about that committee hearing here:
“Now, I find it ironic, of course, that our chairwoman, Congresswoman Greene, is in charge of running this committee. Now, in the last Congress, Chairwoman Greene literally showed a dick pic in our oversight congressional hearing,” he said.
Then Garcia held up a photo of photo of Musk. “So, I thought I’d bring one as well. Now, this, of course, we know is president Elon Musk. He’s also the world’s richest man. He was the biggest political donor in the last election. He has billions of dollars in conflicts of interest.”
Last month, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who serves as the House Minority Leader, called for violence in the streets.
