Rep. Robert Garcia of Long Beach is under scrutiny from federal prosecutors after making controversial comments about Elon Musk, suggesting he would bring 'actual weapons' to defend democracy. Despite the backlash, Garcia claims his statements shouldn't be viewed as threats. His rhetoric escalated during a DOGE subcommittee meeting, where he displayed a vulgar poster of Musk. Garcia cites inspiration from Marjorie Taylor Greene's past actions at congressional hearings, implying a growing divide among Democrats on responses to changes prompted by Trump and Musk.
Garcia said that 'no reasonable person' would view his comments about Musk as a threat.
Garcia had escalated his rhetoric at a DOGE subcommittee meeting last week, when he brought in a poster-sized image of Musk and referred to it using a vulgarity.
Garcia used the vulgarity and motioned to the poster of Musk, saying, 'Now this, of course, we know is President Elon Musk. He's also the world's richest man.'
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