This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
A Democrat in Congress is urging Americans to "bring actual weapons" against Elon Musk as the head of DOGE continues to expose massive amounts of spending waste in the federal government.
U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., told CNN on Wednesday that Musk is "harming the American public in an enormous way, and what I think is really important and what the American public want, is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight.
"This is an actual fight for democracy, for the future of this country."
During a DOGE Subcommittee hearing earlier in the day, Garcia held up a giant photo of a dapper Musk in a tuxedo, and referred to it as a "d*ck pic."
CNN's Brianna Keilar asked Garcia: "Do you think that calling Elon Musk a 'd*ck' is effective messaging for confronting what is a potentially an irreversible transformation of the U.S. government?"
"Well, he is a d*ck," Garcia responded.
Commenters on X indicated: "Robert Garcia needs criminal charges immediately. Congress should censor him or expel him. He also should be permanently banned or suspended on X, Facebook, etc. for violating their rules. All violent politicians should face real world consequences."
"So 'defending democracy' now means openly calling for violence against political opponents? The mask is off – Democrats aren't just corrupt, they're dangerous. If there's no accountability for this, they'll keep escalating."
The call for violence against Musk came the same day a mysterious ad appeared in Washington, D.C., stating "Help Eliminate Elon."
The ad features a USAID logo, but it was unclear if the federal agency that was first to be targeted by Musk for astronomical spending was responsible for the commercial.
"This disgusting threat was made against @elonmusk for helping President Trump eliminate government waste and protect taxpayer dollars," U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said on X.
"We need to find out who paid for this and who allowed it to be posted."
On Monday, WorldNetDaily reported how a Tennessee pastor used his Sunday sermon to threaten Musk.
Steve Caudle of the Greater Second Missionary Baptist Church in Chattanooga said: "In this nation I am worried we are on the verge of bloodshed. This is an attempt to take us back to a day we do not want to go and we will not go. Therefore there will be conflict.
