“Fox & Friends” panelists predicted Thursday that Democratic lawmakers’ complaining about tech billionaire Elon Musk’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will backfire on them in future elections.

A handful of Democratic lawmakers declared they were “at war” with Musk over his decision to disband USAID during their Tuesday protest in front of the Department of Treasury building, threatening to conduct a “hostile takeover” and set “fire” to the Republican Party. Fox News host Lawrence Jones said that Democrats may face electoral consequences from voters over this type of rhetoric.

“Now you’ve got [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer, Maxine Waters who is ranking member on financial service, you’ve got all of your leadership out there screaming. I don’t know how they recover from this. Nobody is gonna vote for crazy,” Jones said.

USAID wasted billions of dollars on left-wing causes on a global scale in the past several years, including its plan in August 2024 to spend $1.5 billion in Latin America and the Caribbean on LGBTQ causes. C0-host Brian Kilmeade argued it is a “gift” for Musk to reduce the size of the government and the amount of federal spending.

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“This is a gift to have a forensic accountant go in there, the most talented businessman we have, adopted from South Africa, but they’re actually saying apartheid because he’s from South Africa? Are you crazy?”

President Donald Trump appointed Musk to lead the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) in order to fulfill his campaign promise of cutting wasteful spending. Trump and Musk, who have been a frequent critics of USAID, called for the agency to be shut down on Monday, informed staff to work remotely and appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to be acting director at the agency.

In response, Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar warned they may “actually see someone get killed” and Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen said they have to “fight in the streets.” Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley further threatened to set “fire” to the Republican Party and called Musk a “Nazi nutball baby” and a “godless, lawless billionaire.”

Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters went on a four minute tirade about how much she dislikes both Trump and Musk at the protest.

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Rep. Robert Garcia: “Every single time that Elon Musk and his DOGE crew try to go to another agency, we got to be there–at the agency–stop them, and tell them ‘hell no’.” pic.twitter.com/gE0oApQ8u2

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 5, 2025

ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON: “The Trump Administration–including the Musk shadow government–seems intent on dismantling much of the federal government and the vital services it provides, in violation of the Constitution….” pic.twitter.com/Ki7rhWpA43

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 5, 2025

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the Democrats’ rhetoric “unacceptable” and called on them to be held accountable during a Wednesday briefing.

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