Dem. Rep. Lydia Velazquez told Elon Musk to "go back to South Africa" on Monday (NLIHC Organization | AP Photo/Getty)
Velazquez, who was born in Puerto Rico, added that the fight against DOGE is the fight "for the soul of our nation."
Conservatives on social media blasted Velazquez for her comments on Musk's immigration status.
"Unhinged," Bobby LaValley, Rapid Response Director for House Speaker Mike Johnson, posted on X.
"Completely unhinged…," the White House Rapid Response team added in a post on X.
"Elon has broken their brains so much that Democrats are now embracing nativism," White House Rapid Response’s Greg Price posted on X.
"Nydia Velasquez has finally found an immigrant she doesn't like," Claremont Institute Senior Fellow Jeremy Carl posted on X. "Not the tens of thousands of illegals in her district who live off of our tax dollars – but America's greatest entrepreneur, a White immigrant. When the left tells you who they are believe them."
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CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on February 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Maryland. ((Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images))
The controversial comment follows a similar sentiment expressed by Dem. Rep. Marcy Kaptur last week where she questioned Musk’s loyalty to the United States due to his immigrant status.
"Mr. Musk has just been here 22 years," Kaptur said outside the Capitol on Wednesday in a comment that received blowback from conservatives. "And he’s a citizen of three countries. I always ask myself the question, with the damage he’s doing here, when push comes to shove, which country is his loyalty to? South Africa? Canada? Or the United States? And he’s only been a citizen, I’ll say again, 22 years."
Fox News Digital's Kyle Schmidbauer contributed to this report
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