Any Surprise?
Of Course…
Violence the answeer to show displeasure with the guy ripping up the American Government….
But a LOT of people ARE REALLY unhappy with Elon Musk….
Over the course of 13 days starting Jan. 29, according to court records, Lucy Grace Nelson made repeated trips to the Tesla car lot in Loveland, Colorado. Once, she spray-painted “Nazi” in black under the dealership’s entrance sign, according to court documents, and another time, she ignited a molotov cocktail near a Tesla Cybertruck. She also allegedly used red spray-paint to scribble a message on the car dealership’s entrance doors: “F— Musk.” Nelson’s lawyer declined to comment on the case.
Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, more than a dozen violent or destructive acts have been directed at Tesla facilities, according to court documents, surveillance photographs, police records and local media reports reviewed by The Washington Post. The incidents come as Elon Musk has rocketed to prominence as Trump’s best-known backer and as a conservative provocateur in his own right. The ire directed at the tech billionaire online has increasingly spilled into real life, with vandalism directed at Tesla storefronts, charging stations and vehicles.
In March, several Tesla superchargers at a shopping center in Littleton, Massachusetts, were set ablaze. Vandals in Maryland also spray-painted “No Musk” onto a Tesla building, alongside a swastika-like symbol. In February, a man brandishing an AR-style semiautomatic weapon fired at a Tesla storefront in Salem, Oregon. Just a few weeks earlier, investigators say, the same man attacked the same dealership by throwing molotov cocktails at Tesla vehicles and through the store window. He caused an estimated $500,000 in damage, according to court documents….
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The destruction adds to the woes of a carmaker already in turmoil. Its stock has fallen by more than 35 percent since Trump’s inauguration, and last year, the company suffered its first annual sales drop in more than a decade. In Germany, Tesla car sales plummeted by 76 percent in February compared with a year earlier, according to figures released Wednesday. And some owners have expressed buyer’s remorse over owning a car some now see as a symbol of far-right politics, a stark departure from the environmental consciousness it once epitomized.
Ross Gerber, a longtime Tesla investor and Musk critic, said the reports of destruction against Tesla storefronts, cars and superchargers could create a “chilling effect.” Customers “may not want to associate … with Elon and deal with vandalism,” he said.
The billionaire’s car company is no stranger to public ire. Last year, the Tesla factory near Berlin lost power after a far-left environmental organization, the Volcano Group, claimed responsibility for setting fire to an electricity pylon near the plant. Months later, around 800 environmental activists attempted to storm the same factory. Some employees and investors have begun to speak out about Musk, worried that his alliance with Trump is harming beyond repair the company’s reputation and mission of building a more sustainable future….
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The violent acts come as Musk courts controversy on the national stage. The billionaire used to largely stay away from politics, more focused on his mission of creating a more sustainable future with Tesla and sending rockets into space with his other company, SpaceX. But Musk quickly ascended to Trump’s inner circle this summer as he funneled at least $288 million to help elect him and other Republican candidates, becoming the cycle’s largest political donor.
Musk’s polarizing politics and anti-Tesla vandalism are having a negative effect on the brand, said Gerber, the Tesla investor. “It could all be fixed very easily,” he said, “with somebody else taking over and running Tesla.”…
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Meanwhile, however, local law enforcement officials worry it’s a matter of time before someone becomes seriously injured in violence against Teslas. Nelson, who is also listed in court documents as Justin Thomas Nelson, is estimated to have caused at least $5,000 in damage at the Colorado dealership, documents show.
“Whether you like Musk or you don’t, this is not the right way to do it,” said Paul Campbell, deputy superintendent of the Brookline Police Department. “We’re all grown-ups who learn at a very young age to not touch things that don’t belong to you…
image…Tesla superchargers on fire in Littleton, Massachusetts. (Fire Chief Steele McCurdy/Littleton Fire Department)
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