Speaking during a hearing in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, March 12, Democrat United States Representative John Larson of Connecticut had a total temper tantrum. That came during a hearing conducted by the House Ways and Means Committee. His shout-filled freakout was sparked by Republicans on the Committee blocking his attempt to have Elon Musk testify before it.
For reference, Rep. Larson and other Democrats have falsely insisted that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are aiming to destroy or cripple Social Security and other entitlement programs. In reality, Elon and his new department aim to root out fraud that he claims is sucking the life out of those programs.
In his screaming tirade during the hearing, Rep. Larson shouted, “We’re an equal branch of government, and you start off with a blather, and yet, look at the empty seats here. Where’s Elon Musk? I’m sure he’s a genius and is a very credible person because of the wealth he’s accumulated, but that does not put him above the law or the responsibility to come before this committee in this Congress.”
Continuing with his screaming and fist banging, the Congressman shouted, “If he’s so great, if these plans and all the fraud and abuse that he found are so imminent, why isn’t he here explaining it? You know why? Because he’s out to privatize Social Security. He’s been on television the last couple of days talking exactly about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and what he intends to do, privatize it!”
Keeping the shouting up, the congressman yelled, “The American people, some of them may have been born at night, but not last night. People are aware of this. Every single one of your districts, all the money that comes in monthly, and you have not done you as a congress, have not done anything in more than 54 years, and now you have someone coming in to privatize a system, something you have longed to do going back to 1982 because Elon Musk thinks that this is the best thing to do. President Trump has called Social Security a scam. Elon Musk. . . called it a Ponzi scheme.”
He kept yelling, mischaracterizing what Elon said and shouting, “Ask that of the people in your district. Ask that, Mister Smith of the more than 198,000 people in your district who rely on Social Security and you won’t even let the person who’s planning to privatize it, who’s telling the big lie in front of everyone in bold as he possibly can, saying, This is what we’re going to do. The Congress is in our back pocket. We don’t even have to come before them and testify, because we control the House, we control the Senate, and we control the presidency, and it’s the tyranny of the executive!”
Then, rambling about the Constitution and American Revolution, the red-faced representative shouted, “It’s why these revolutions were first adopted back in 1789, because the founding fathers knew that the executive branch does not have total authority over the legislature unless you have a willing party that says, No, we’re going to do exactly what you tell us to do!”
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He further yelled, a bit later on, wearing himself out with his ridiculous, angry tirade full of lies and mischaracterizations, “Shame! Shame! Can’t bring people in front of this body, if he’s right, if they’re so good, if they’re so just, why aren’t they here telling the American people about it? They’re not because you know the truth.”
Watch him here:
Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video