Attorney General Pam Bondi sparked a swift reply from Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) on Sunday after Bondi appeared to threaten the Texas Democrat. Bondi, who was appointed by Donald Trump, warned Crockett to “tread carefully” when speaking about billionaire Elon Musk.
During an interview on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo, Bodi defended Musk and his Tesla company and criticized Crockett for calling for protests against the billionaire, saying, “And Maria, now you have this congresswoman, Crockett, who is calling for attacks on Elon Musk on her birthday. Let’s take him out on my birthday, she says. And yet she turns and says, oh, I’m not calling for violence.”
Bondi also declared that “nothing will happen to Elon,” and accused Crockett of encouraging “domestic terrorism.”
Hours later, Crockett responded during an appearance on MSNBC. Host Alex Witt played the Fox News clip and asked the Texas lawmaker to react.
“Yeah, so I’m actually going to say that I participated in a Tesla Takedown –– that is the name of the website,” Crockett explained. “And it was all about this large protest they’re calling for, and this is a nonviolent protest. In fact, when I was on there, that’s why the attorney general had to say that I wasn’t calling for violence, and it’s ridiculous that I even have to say something like that.”
She went on, “I’m excited to see that Elon Musk’s money, as it relates to Tesla, is not doing well right now, and I’m okay with that.”
Crockett also emphasized, “So just in case the slow people listening decide to pick this up later, I just want to say that I have never promoted violence whatsoever. Yet I’ve also never made excuses for violent acts, like the ones on January 6th. So Pam Bondi, if you have an issue with terrorism, maybe you should talk to your boss about locking up those people who participated in January 6th that he let out.”
You can watch the full interview from MSNBC below.
