{"id":81071,"date":"2025-03-10T22:16:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T02:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81071"},"modified":"2025-03-10T22:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T02:16:23","slug":"elon-musk-claims-tesla-protests-are-organized-by-democrats-without-any-proof-whatsoever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81071","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk claims Tesla protests are organized by Democrats without any proof whatsoever"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elon Musk has claimed that the Democratic party organized recent protests at Tesla locations worldwide. As he usually does with his wild claims lately, he hasn\u2019t offered any proof whatsoever.<\/p>\n

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Over the last few weeks, there have been growing protests at Tesla locations around the word.<\/p>\n

It started small with just a few locations in the US, but it has since grown to now dozens of locations every weekend<\/a>, with sometimes hundreds of people at some locations.<\/p>\n

Protestors have different reasons for wanting to disrupt Tesla, but they are mostly centered around seeing the company as Elon Musk\u2019s piggybank and they are upset at his involvement in the government through his financial contribution to Trump\u2019s election and his role at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).<\/p>\n

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Musk took to X today to comment on the situation, and he made the claim that the protests at Tesla locations are funded by ActBlue:<\/p>\n

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An investigation has found 5 ActBlue-funded groups responsible for Tesla \u201cprotests\u201d: Troublemakers, Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project and Democratic Socialists of America. ActBlue funders include George Soros, Reid Hoffman, Herbert Sandler, Patricia Bauman, and Leah Hunt-Hendrix. ActBlue is currently under investigation for allowing foreign and illegal donations in criminal violation of campaign finance regulations. This week, 7 ActBlue senior officials resigned, including the associate general counsel. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ActBlue is a\u00a0political action committee\u00a0(PAC) used by the Democratic Party. <\/p>\n

Musk did not elaborate on what \u201cinvestigation\u201d he was referring to nor did he provide any proof to back up his claim. In fact, he even asked for people to help provide information:<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you know anything about this, please post in replies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Musk directly named Reid Hoffman, his former Paypal Mafia friend turned foe due to political differences, who was quick to deny any involvement:<\/p>\n

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Just one more of Elon\u2019s false claims about me: I never funded anyone for Tesla protests. I don\u2019t condone violence. But it\u2019s clear Americans are angry at him \u2013 it\u2019s easier to explain away their anger, than to accept that actions have consequences.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While the Democratic Party could be sympathetic to the Tesla protestors, there\u2019s no evidence that they started the \u201cTesla Takedown\u201d movement or have any significant involvement.<\/p>\n

As we previously reported, it started as a grassroots movement with some posts on BlueSky<\/a>, an X competitor, last month.<\/p>\n

It has since gained considerable momentum, and they are now using Action Network<\/a>, an open platform, to organize. As it grew, some groups have gotten involved to organize local protests, like The Disruption Project, which claims to stand \u201cagainst the unjust systems of racial capitalism, the hetero-patriarchy, white supremacy and settler colonialism.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Seattle, The Troublemakers, a local environmentalist group, has also been helping organize.<\/p>\n

The biggest blow to Musk\u2019s claim is that there have also been protests outside the US, including in Canada and Europe. It\u2019s unlikely that the US Democratic party would be involved in those.<\/p>\n

There are currently six protests planned in Europe by the \u201cTesla Takedown\u201d in the coming weeks:<\/p>\n

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Musk has also been involved in European politics, promoting far-right parties throughout Europe.<\/p>\n

Along with the claims about the Tesla protests, Musk also retweeted someone linking several Cybertrucks burning down at a Tesla location in Seattle to \u201cDemocrat NGOs\u201d:<\/p>\n

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Again, this claim is without evidence. In fact, the fires are still under investigation and it hasn\u2019t yet been confirmed if it was arson.<\/p>\n

Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n

Could the Democratic Party be involved in some of the protests? It wouldn\u2019t shock me, but you can claim that without proof.<\/p>\n

I think most people involved in the protests are just mad at Elon for any of the hundreds of stupid things he has done or said in the last few months, including doing a couple of Nazi salutes at Trump\u2019s inauguration.<\/p>\n

He prefers to think that there\u2019s some grand conspiracy against him because that\u2019s easier to swallow than people hating home for being a compulsive liar, oligarch dork with the sense of humor of a maladjusted 13-year-old. <\/p>\n

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