Posted on 03/20/2025 4:36:21 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Tesla emerges as cultural flashpoint in DOGE era ELON MUSK‘s flagship electric vehicle (EV) company has become a focal point of debate over the Trump administration’s government cutback campaign.
Democrats have made a show of returning their EVs and celebrating Tesla’s stock decline, while the White House has pushed to prop up the company.
The cultural movement around Tesla as an ideological signifier has taken a dark turn in recent days, with an outbreak of vandalism against vehicles and dealerships.
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday announced the arrest of three individuals who used Molotov cocktails to set Tesla vehicles on fire. A day earlier, Bondi classified vandalism against Tesla as “domestic terrorism.”
That hasn’t stopped the outpouring of anger from Democrats, liberal commentators and late-night talk show hosts, who view Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as public enemy No. 1.
“The world’s richest mannequin has been trying to drum up sympathy for himself lately,” Jimmy Kimmel said Wednesday night on his late night ABC talk show. “His sales are down, his stock is down.”
After playing a clip of Musk lamenting the vandalism against Teslas, Kimmel said: “Let me see if I can explain this for you. When you pull out a chainsaw to celebrate firing thousands of people, they get mad.”
Musk responded, calling Kimmel an “unfunny jerk.”
Over the weekend, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) posted a video of himself returning his Tesla and purchasing a Chevy Tahoe SUV.
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Anything the Left doesn’t agree with is a “flashpoint.”
On an earlier matter I made a post a few days before it happened when I asked “how long are the Trump Towers and other Trump buildings with plate glass windows going to last until mobs of leftists push inside and start breaking things?”
Of course that came true as the mob sat down near the famous escalator and refused to leave. Most windows were spared, however. As of today.
“Cultural flashpoint”
Odd way to describe a target of Democrat Party terrorism.
More gaslighting from The Shill. “Whether it is ok to destroy other’s property becomes cultural flashpoint.”
Jonathan Easley is a hysterical beta male.
Tesla at times is being targeted with hate from the Left.
Will it be a mostly peaceful cultural flashpoint, that’s the question...
Over the weekend, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) posted a video of himself returning his Tesla and purchasing a Chevy Tahoe SUV.
“This one was made by union labor, United Auto Workers in Arlington, Texas,” Kelly said. “Always good to buy union cars. Incredibly reliable.”
I’ve had much experience with UAW assembled cars and non union assembled cars. We love our Georgetown, Ky. non UAW assembled Camry.
Teslas for driving around town are $35k new. Not bad.
The little rats at The Hill are just like the rest of MSM. They want to give as much publicity to the terror campaign on Tesla as possible to crush sales. It is the definition of a terrorist strategy. Use fear so people stop buying the cars so you can destroy your political enemy and it might actually work, sadly
I bought an 06 Vibe made in the same place when it was a NUMMI plant. Great car. I took a took a tour as part of a LEAN team when I worked for FEDEX. They had their stuff together.
Lol flashpoint….half hearted astroturf protests sponsored by the usual criminal loving scumbags.
Can you imagine the outrage on the left IF republicans did what liberals are doing and they attacked some liberal billionaire company like apple or microsoft or whoever? The left would be going absolutely mental- or more mental i guess i should say
It’s only a “flashpoint” because Democrat thugs are engaging in violence.
tesla plants soughs hire the hells angels, the mongols or whoever to guard the busiensses and provide security-
Remember Ford Mustangs? They were just Ford Falcons with a Mustang body.
Put a Tesla body-the ones that look armored-on another vehicle. Park them at night next to a cargo van with vigilantes holding numchucks. Break a few bones and drive off quick. That will Bernie Goetz them real fast.
Tesla stock is up.
It was also up yesterday. I didn’t check beyond yesterday.
Tesla Inc
As of March 20, 2025 • 1:15 PM MST
NSQ: TSLA
236.26USD+0.4(0.17%)
Wasn’t Tesla a virtue signaling vehicle?
Looks like the same people now virtue signal by getting rid of it.
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