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Protesters are targeting Tesla because they believe its CEO Elon Musk is using the wealth the company has brought him to fund political actions they view as a threat to democracy.
U.S. News & World Report |
Crowds protesting billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump began amassing outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. Saturday in the latest attempt to dent...
Yahoo |
Anti-DOGE protesters are taking to Tesla dealerships across the country to rally against Elon Musk.
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After Maxine Waters condemned Elon Musk and questioned Melania Trump's citizenship, the DOGE head cryptically mentioned her "many crimes."
Elon Musk, the billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump, said on Monday that members of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency team were getting death threats on a daily basis.
Elon Musk issued an eerie warning to Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters after she commented on First Lady Melania Trump’s citizenship validity.
The threat to Tesla is both greater and more immediate. From a peak of $1.5trn in mid-December, its market value has fallen by almost half. Activists have been picketing Tesla’s showrooms in America and Europe in anger at Mr Musk’s behaviour.
Musk has become a target of some on the Left due to his prominence in the Trump administration as head of the Department of Government Efficiency.
Like impeaching and convicting a president, there is a high bar to cross to remove a federal judge from the bench, despite Donald Trump's calls.
There have been angry protests against Elon Musk's federal cutbacks, which have included axing tens of thousands of public sector jobs. Meanwhile, the director of the FBI has described recent attacks on Tesla showrooms as "domestic terrorism".
Elon Musk said late Tuesday there are people who want to assassinate him over his government-cutting work and that “hatred and violence from the left” is responsible for attacks on dealerships for his Tesla cars.
Elon Musk decades ago led a fight against fraud at PayPal. He talks in very similar terms today as he works to remake the federal government.