Democrats rallied against DOGE and Elon Musk on Tuesday. (Getty/AP)
"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.
Elon Musk is leading the Department of Government Efficiency. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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"The @DOGE team discovered, among other things, that payment approval officers at Treasury were instructed always to approve payments, even to known fraudulent or terrorist groups," Musk wrote on X in defense of his actions. "They literally never denied a payment in their entire career. Not even once."
In a letter Tuesday to federal lawmakers, a Treasury Department official said a tech executive working with Musk's Department of Government Efficiency will have "read-only access" to the government's payment system.
Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano contributed to this report
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