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Tesla Faces Nationwide Vandalism Amid Musk's DOGE Role
Above: The burnt-out remains of a Tesla electric car in the Steglitz district of Berlin, Germany, on March 14, 2025. Image copyright: Omer Messinger/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Facts
US Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi is investigating recent attacks on Tesla vehicles, with one suspect already facing up to 20 years in prison for throwing a Molotov cocktail at a dealership, while authorities seek out who's funding and organizing the incidents.
Multiple Tesla dealerships, vehicles, and charging stations across the US have experienced attacks, including shootings in Oregon, fires in Massachusetts, and vandalism in Colorado, with incidents escalating since Elon Musk began his role at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Republican lawmakers, led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), have written to the Dept. of Justice (DOJ) and FBI requesting an investigation of the attacks as domestic terrorism, suggesting possible connections to Democratic-affiliated groups.
The Spin
Republican narrative
Democrats have dropped their worn-out Trump derangement syndrome and traded it in for anti-Elon Musk hysteria. These ill-informed, albeit dangerous, outbursts are born out of an ideology based on hating politicians because they're told to. Liberals actually love billionaires until one like Musk comes around and aligns himself with Trump's government efficiency agenda, after which their hate is redirected towards a new ambiguous enemy.
Democratic narrative
While these isolated acts of violence are wrong and should be condemned by all, the underlying anger against Trump's right-hand oligarch isn't and shouldn't be. Trump's economic policies, backed by Musk, have sent Americans' retirement funds plummeting, and the president chose to respond by holding a photo shoot to encourage people to buy a new car. If public sentiment has led to a 50% decline in Tesla's stock, it would behoove Trump to start asking why.