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For years, Democrats have schemed and tried to put President Donald Trump in prison.

And have failed.

So perhaps Elon Musk should not really be worried, despite a new polling that shows more than 7 of 10 in the party would support a hypothetical law that would do that to him.

The results are from Rasmussen, which said, “Since he agreed to lead President Donald Trump’s effort to reduce government waste, Elon Musk has become so hated by liberals that they would overwhelmingly favor a law to put the high-tech billionaire behind bars.”

Musk, in fact, is running Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, cutting government spending, jobs, waste, fraud and corruption. Billions have been saved already, despite an active campaign by district judges across the country to foil Trump’s taxpayer-benefitting program.

The results come from a telephone and online survey by Rasmussen in coordination with the Heartland Institute.

Overall, 54% of Likely Voters “would support a hypothetical law that would imprison Musk for his role in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), including 39% who would Strongly Support such a law. Thirty-six percent (36%) oppose a law that would send Musk to prison, including 26% who Strongly Oppose it, while 10% are not sure.”

Democrats, who lost the 2024 presidential election by landslides in the popular vote and the Electoral College vote both, were literally lining up to condemn Musk.

“Seventy-one percent (71%) of Democrats would favor a hypothetical law to put Musk behind bars, as would 80% of self-identified liberal voters. Fifty-four percent (54%) of Republicans and 57% of conservative voters. would oppose such a law. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, 52% would support a law to imprison Musk for his role in DOGE, 34% would oppose it and 17% are not sure,” the pollster said.

Justin Haskins, of the Heartland Institiute, said, “The fact that a majority of Democratic voters would support imprisoning Elon Musk for trying to make government more efficient is a shocking indictment of the modern left, which has become increasingly more tyrannical in recent years.

“We’ve reached a point where many Americans would rather unjustly punish innovation than fix the broken systems Musk was trying to reform.”

The survey of 1,067 U.S. Likely Voters was done April 30-May 4, 2025 by Rasmussen Reports and the Heartland Institute. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.