At a Wisconsin town hall on Sunday (March 30), billionaire Elon Musk accepted prayer from a pastor in the audience, saying the Trump administration will need “divine protection.” Musk, whose work with the president’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has sparked controversy, was in Green Bay urging voters to elect a conservative judge to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Ahead of Tuesday’s state election, which Musk said will “affect the entire destiny of humanity,” Musk has spent about $20 million to back Judge Brad Schimel. The judge will be key for “adding voter ID to the Wisconsin constitution,” said Musk, the world’s richest man.
About 2,000 people attended the town hall, while hundreds more protested outside. For much of the two-hour event, Musk—who owns Tesla and the social media platform X—spoke about his DOGE work and backlash from it. That includes alleged arson attacks at Tesla dealerships throughout the world.
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Pastor Prays for ‘Hedge of Protection’ Around Elon Musk
One attendee, a teacher, told Elon Musk he had recently moved from Colorado to Wisconsin, “where my vote actually mattered.” He prays nightly for Musk’s safety, he said, especially now that the DOGE leader has become “enemy number one.”
The teacher referenced Sunday’s protesters, some with signs accusing Musk of being a Nazi. Musk thanked the teacher for his prayers, then joked, “I’ve got to watch my hand gestures.”
Then instead of asking Musk a question, the teacher said he brought along his father, a pastor. “If it’s okay with you,” the teacher told Musk, “I would love for him to say a prayer for you as well, for your protection.” When Musk agreed, the man’s father spoke, first thanking Musk “for everything you’ve done for our country.”
The pastor mentioned that “the issue is fairness” and getting rid of “all this corruption,” which he called “a bad spirit.” He decried the “evil that has come against our country, our morals, our families,” as well as “this hate” that Musk and the president are facing.
Next the pastor asked people who were willing to join him in prayer. First, he thanked God for blessing America and for making it a “great nation.” He also thanked God “for protecting President Trump from that fatal attack” last summer, when a gunman tried to assassinate him in Pennsylvania.
“We ask that you envelop and protect all of those who are fighting for justice, for freedom, for order, for dignity, and to reward people according to merit,” the pastor continued. He then prayed:
Especially put your hedge of protection around Elon Musk, around his children, around his whole entire family, and all of his team members, that all would do good and just by our country. And freedom, truly, and justice would reign once again. We ask this in the name of the blessed Savior, Jesus Christ, who we remember during this time of year, who suffered and died for our sins. May you wash away all that is wrong with our country and start with us. We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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