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Tesla Torch Tuesday and Musk has no clue why [1]
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Date: 2025-03-19
The attacks on Tesla vehicles reached a new level on Tuesday. Main stream media all had stories about Teslas being vandalized and burned in Las Vegas. Elon Musk has no idea why his vehicles are being targeted and whined about it. Politicians blamed the attacks on left-wing billionaires funding protesters.
Sean Hannity interviewed Elon Musk on Tuesday so they both could whine about it together.
Hannity: I have to ask, why? I woke up this morning and saw that Teslas were put ablaze in one of your dealerships in (Las) Vegas. I've seen this happen all over the country. Bullets are being fired. Charging stations are being put ablaze. Tesla's are being put ablaze. You have experienced threats of assassination. What have you done that warrants this?
Amazing that Hannity doesn't offer up any clues, because he's clueless.
Musk: Yeah, it's come as quite a shock to me that there's this level of hatred and violence from the left. I thought that the left was --- that the Democrats were supposed to be the party of empathy, the party of caring. And yet they're burning down cars they're fire bombing dealerships. They're smashing into dealerships. Smashing up Teslas.
Empathy. Whining about people having no empathy for a man ruining the country by mangling the government and its ability to operate. By the way, Elon, you don't have any dealerships. They're all showrooms.
Musk: We've never done anything harmful. I've never done anything harmful. I've only ever done productive things.
I've been a good boy. Why are people being so mean to me?
Musk: I think we have a deranged --- there's some sort of mental illness going on here. Because this doesn't make any sense.
Mental illness. Just the opposite. People are just getting up to steam to try to stop your insanity. This is just the start.
Musk: I think there are larger forces at work as well. I mean, I don't know. Who's funding it and who's coordinating it? Because this is crazy. I've never seen anything like this.
Conspiracy time. Evil forces at work to undermine his empire. That can be the only reason people are doing this. They must be being paid for this. Invoking George Soros coming up.
20 minute interview between Sean Hannity and Elon Musk on Tuesday, March 18th on YouTube.
Las Vegas.
Attorney General Pam Bondi labeled the Las Vegas torching of five vehicles an act of "domestic terrorism."
Las Vegas.
"The swarm of violent attacks on Tesla property is nothing short of domestic terrorism. We will continue investigations that impose severe consequences on those involved in these attacks, including those operating behind the scenes to coordinate and fund these crimes," Bondi said in a written statement.
She's already picked up on the conspiracy theory of puppet masters orchestrating the movement. I'm still waiting for somebody to say George Soros.
Las Vegas.
As the New York Times pointed out, there are no domestic terrorism laws. Bondi said that those involved could face sentences of 5 years in prison without specifying what federal statutes applied to these acts.
Las Vegas
President Trump was also interviewed on Fox on Tuesday and said that the vandalism was paid for "by people very highly political on the left."
Now you've got Musk, Bondi, and Trump all saying there is a conspiracy against Musk and Tesla by progressive moneyed interests.
Las Vegas.
On Monday, a lady was arrested for spray painting the windows of a Tesla showroom in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, last Friday. Also, on Friday, another showroom in San Diego was targeted with broken windows and spray painted with slogans and swastikas.
Las Vegas.
The FBI and local police are investigating Cybertucks damaged at a showroom in Kansas City, MO. In another shooting report, at least a dozen shots were fired into a Tigard, OR. showroom, damaging windows and vehicles.
I keep saying showrooms where other news sources say dealerships because there are no dealerships. That's how other car companies work. Tesla sells direct to the consumer, cutting out the middleman. There are only showrooms and service centers. So, whoever is doing damage, is doing it directly to Tesla, not some local businessman.
Teslas on fire March 18th in Las Vegas - YouTube
Law enforcement news conference on Las Vegas Tesla torching. 15 minutes. YouTube.
The Las Vegas damage is believed to have been caused by Molotov cocktails and also some shots were fired into vehicles as well. Authorities are looking for a man dressed in black.
It looks like protests against Musk and Tesla, and vandalism of showrooms and vehicles, are going to be an almost daily occurrence. With such a divisive character like Elon Musk causing damage to the United States, people are fighting back in every way they can.
At least the vehicles hit on Tuesday were at a showroom and service center, not ones owned by individuals. The arson is still wrong along with the other vandalism, but people feel like they've forced to act to bring attention to Musk's literal coup of the government. Letter writing, emails, social media posts and phone calls have done nothing to stop Musk.
Musk thinks he's above the law. He has used U.S. Marshals and D.C. Metropolitan Police to enter agencies he's attacking by force.
But, he's done nothing wrong.
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