Ken Martin, the newly elected chair of the Democratic National Committee, has some choice words for Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency employees, who are dismantling federal agencies under the purported aim of slashing wasteful public spending.
When asked in the halls of the U.S. Capitol by MeidasTouch reporter Adam Mockler what he would say to Musk “and his teenage DOGE dudes who are currently firing federal service workers” would be, Martin had a fiery three-word answer.
“‘Go to hell,’” said Martin. “I mean, the reality is what you’re doing is destroying our country right now — all to make more money for yourself, all to steal data so you can help build your companies. What you’re doing is wrong and, at the end of the day, we’re watching.”
“The American people are fed up,” he continued. “And it’s not working.”
Musk spent a quarter-billion dollars to help reelect President Donald Trump and became a special government employee in his administration. The unelected tech mogul has since tried firing thousands of government workers, made a Nazi-like salute and wielded a symbolic chainsaw to represent slashing public spending.
Trump not only mocked former President Joe Biden during his nearly two-hour address Tuesday to Congress, but pointed out Musk in the crowd to thank him — prompting resounding boos from a legion of Democratic lawmakers united in opposition against him.
Martin drew the opposite reaction with his message on Musk’s own social media platform, meanwhile, where users demanded “More of this attitude from Ken, please!” and urged Democrats to borrow his words “for most if not all campaign ads in 2026.”
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Conservative voices and Musk acolytes argued Martin is engaging in the same rhetoric that lost Democrats the election in November, however, and suggested the world’s richest man has no reason to steal anything from anyone — which seems to fly in the face of facts.
Musk has not only trounced Social Security as a “Ponzi scheme” in a suspected move to privatize one of the most enduring government safety nets, but has billions in federal contracts for his own companies that DOGE curiously isn’t targeting — and thus inherent conflicts of interest.
Musk is reportedly also targeting federal agencies that provide health care to more than 160 million Americans, and called for the U.S. to exit NATO.