Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt about the Democratsâ threats of violence over President Donald Trump and Elon Musk disbanding the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
A handful of elected Democrats have suggested that they are âat warâ with the current administration and may witness people get killed due to Trump and Muskâs calls on Monday for USAID to be shut down after it wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on left-wing causes globally. Leavitt told Doocy that the Trump administration has no interest in going to war with Democrats and deemed the rhetoric as âunacceptable.â
âSome elected Democrats are so steamed about DOGE. Congresswoman LaMonica McIver says âwe are at war.â Ilhan Omar says âwe might actually see someone get killed,â and Chris Van Hollen says âwe have to fight this in Congress, we have to fight this in the streets.â So, what now?â Doocy asked.
âAnd may I just point out that if you heard that type of violent, enticing rhetoric from our side of the aisle, from Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, I think there would be a lot more outrage in this room today. Itâs unacceptable, the comments that have been made by these Democrat leaders and frankly, they donât even know what they are talking about because President Trump was elected with a mandate from the American people to make this government more efficient. He campaigned across this country with Elon Musk vowing that Elon was going to head up the Department of Government Efficient and the two of them, with this great team they have around them, were going to look at the receipts of this federal government and ensure itâs accountable to American taxpayers.â
âFor Democratic officials to incite violence and encourage Americans to take to the streets, is incredibly alarming and they should be held accountable for that rhetoric,â Leavitt continued.
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USAID poured billions of taxpayer dollars into aiding foreign nations for several years, planned to spend $1.5 billion in Latin America and the Caribbean on LGBTQ causes and sent 65.5 million condoms, 9.8 million injectable birth control products and 334,000 IUDs to foreign countries in the fiscal year 2022.
DOGE, the agency overseen by Musk to reduce the federal government, called for major changes to be implemented on USAID and plans were announced that it was being shut down Monday. The administration then announced all staff to work remotely in an email and appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to be the agencyâs acting director.
Democrats gathered outside of the Department of Treasury building Tuesday to demand that the fight back against Muskâs said âhostile takeoverâ of the federal financial systems. McIver called for the U.S. Senate to be âshut downâ and declared that she will not take âthis shitâ from Musk and Trump, while Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley stated she would bring âfireâ to the Republican Party.
âElon Musk is a Nazi nutball baby. A godless, lawless billionaire. No one elected Elon. This is the American people. This is not your trashy cyber truck that you can just dismantle, pick apart and sell the pieces of,â Pressley said. âI want to say to our Republican colleagues â pay attention. Weâre here today in the hopes that you will see the light. But if you do not see the light, we will bring the fire. Resist.â
Protesters could also be heard chanting, âElon Musk has got to go!â during the demonstration. McIver further urged supporters to âmobilizeâ and âfight backâ against the president and Musk.
Democrats have repeatedly accused Republicans, particularly Trump, of inciting violence during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and have accused the president of being a âfascistâ due to his alleged conduct that day.
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