House Democrats faced a series of awkward moments during a Tuesday rally against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, with one saying "we have to fuck Trump."
"I don't swear in public very well," Rep. Maxine Dexter (D., Ore.) said, "but we have to fuck Trump."
"Please don't tell my children that I just did that," she added.
"We are going to beat—I was going to say ‘fuck,’ but no," Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D., Ill.) said. "I’m not going to say that. We are going to beat and we’re going to pull him [Trump] down."
Rep. Mark Pocan, however, (D., Wis.) joined in saying "fuck Donald Trump," but added, "and [fuck] Elon Musk."
Democrats have struggled to pin down a focused message to combat the Trump administration’s flurry of policy changes over the past several weeks, leading to bickering among members of Congress. Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.), for example, said the party’s response has been too weak and inconsistent to combat Trump. He vowed not to vote for a single nominee "while this crisis over federal spending persists" and called for Democrats to follow his lead.
"I do not think that we will be able to convince people that this is a serious, grave moment if we are helping them populate a deeply corrupt government and helping them pass legislation here," Murphy said.
Union leaders led the Tuesday crowd in a series of a cappella songs attacking Musk, accusing him and other billionaires of trying to "divide us by our color" and "divide us by our tongue."
"We’ll fight against DOGE. We’ll fight Elon Musk," union members sang to the melody of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Last week, a CNN panel held back laughter after watching a montage of Democrats protesting against Trump and Musk. One clip showed Rep. Maxine Waters (Calif.) and Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) holding hands and chanting, "We will win! We won’t rest!" during a Feb. 5 rally in front of the Department of the Treasury building.
Liberal host Jimmy Kimmel also played the clip and said, "Oh, we are so f—ed."
Democrats have been protesting Trump and Musk since the administration abruptly shuttered the U.S. Agency for International Development last week. On Friday, Waters and a gaggle of House Democrats harassed a federal security guard who blocked the entrance to the Department of Education, which the Trump administration aims to dismantle. Waters promised that similar demonstrations would follow.