freak out

“But I was there. It was a freak out. They ran out of baby oil again.”

Politico reported that while they are all being very good boys and girls in public, in private they are freaking out:

“People freak out about the environmental impacts of crude oil shipments,” Jones said.

As reported by CNN and the Bulwark this week, congressional Republicans — even in bright-red districts — seem surprised by how much their own constituents are freaking out over Musk's assault on the federal government.

“A lot of people are freaking out right now, including my family,” Redick said.