The anger was visible, with signs reading: “Nobody Elected the MUSKRAT” “F-ELON” and “Musk Must Go.”

The anger was audible, with chants of “Hey hey! Ho ho! Trump and Musk have got to go.”

The anger is starting to coalesce.

On March 1, hundreds of people gathered in front of the Tesla dealership on north Federal Highway to start fighting back. Tesla owner Elon Musk is in charge of “efficiency,” and is slashing government employees and programs not with a scalpel but with a butcher knife. Now, the unelected man from South Africa is taking the brunt of criticism.

“Elon Musk is an illegitimate leader,” activist Bud Beehler said. “He has control that is rampant and ruining our democracy and our society.”

Hundreds of passing cars honked in support, and there was little pushback. When a Tesla Truck drove by, chants of “Sell your truck” broke out.

Musk, who attends cabinet meetings despite not being a cabinet-level appointee, is demanding government employees at nearly all levels to tell him “five things they accomplished” in a week. Some reports say they’re targeting 28% across-the-board cuts in government.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is ordering cuts in U.S. aid overseas, got into an Oval Office shouting match with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and slashing Medicaid and arts funding at home.

Some waved Ukrainian flags, and are broken-hearted about the waning support for the nation’s fight for independence.

“I don’t have a connection to Ukraine, I have a connection to democracy,” David Erickson said. “The entire war has been to help a democracy against an autocracy. Now we’re throwing that to the wind.”

Organizers say they plan to rally at the Tesla shop every Saturday through the end of March.

Screenshot via OutSFL Live, YouTube.