This weekend, the protests escalated to the Tesla exhibition hall across the country. Hundreds of people gathered to boycott Elon Musk and his involvement in the Trump administration as head of the Government Efficiency Department, who is overseeing a massive disruption effort to light thousands of federal workers to reduce government spending.
Most of these protests are linked to the Tesla Takedown movement that first appeared in February. He encourages supporters to “sell your teslas, throw away your shares, join the intake lines” as part of the effort to “stop musk”. But the momentum increased significantly last week, leading to greater participation and some arrests.
Although most of these protests have been peaceful, there have been separate reports on Vandalism and Flashing Flash at Tesla. Last week, Tesla loading stations in Boston settled in flames, while dozens of vehicles were cheated in a trade in France. Fire gunshots and damaged cars in an exhibition hall in Tesla in Oregon, and a man from Boston was arrested for stickers Musk strokes making a nazi -like greeting in Tesla vehicles. And Colorado authorities arrested a woman accused of throwing Molotov cocktails on Tesla parked cars in a trade and supposedly painting an explanatory at the entrance.
Here is a summary of the biggest protests that happened this weekend.
More than 350 protesters appeared outside the Tesla exhibition hall in Manhattan West Village neighborhood on Saturday, cheering things like, “No one voted for Elon Musk” and “Oligarchs Out, Democracy in”, according to reports from Vanity AND New York Times. Another protester kept a sign saying, “Send Musk to March now !!” This protest coincided with the march of International Women’s Day, making it even greater.
A serious police presence was in the area, as shown in a tikto with officers surrounding a Tesla Cybertruck parked on the side of the road. Five protesters were arrested for disordered behavior, while another was caught to resist arrest, obstruction and violation of local law, New York Daily News Reports.
This follows the arrest of nine people during a Tesla Takedown protest in Manhattan last week.
About 300 demonstrators gathered outside a Tesla exhibition hall on Boston’s Boylston Street, as reported by the local WCVB news station. The group also organized a Flash Mob before trade, according to Boston Globe.
“We are not surely punishing the damage to the property, but Elon must remember that if he wants to attack the fundamental rights, the fundamental well -being of regular people, he should not be surprised when some people decide to be more direct about him,” Shua Sanchez, a WCVB gathering organizer.
No arrests were made during the protest.
Hundreds of protesters stayed outside the Streeterville Tesla exhibition hall on Saturday, which was joined by marches from women’s day march, Chicago Club Block AND Chicago tribune Report. The protesters held similar signs, such as “Launch Musk to March” and “Democracy dies with Doge”.
Meanwhile, protesters in the Tesla ORLAND PARK Hall Agoikagos collided with Maga movement supporters, according to Chicago tribune. There are no reports of arrests in any demonstration.
There were also dozens of Tesla Takedown protesters at Musk’s Delray Beach, in Florida Shalli, with demonstrators holding signs like “fascism”, “Democracy is not a business plan”, and “no one voted for Elon Mus !!” CBS 12 reports.
“We are here today being attacked against Elon and what he has done,” told one protester, Jeff Finkelstein, CBS 12. “Since it was that Trump has been more for Musk than Trump and we are just showing our frustration.”
On the west coast, hundreds of protesters stood in front of the old Pasadena Tesla trade in California. Rep. Judy CHU (D-Ca) made an appearance during the event, where she criticized the Musk’s Doge and President Donald Trump initiative.
“He [Trump] said the firing of American federal workers would make America the best, ”Chu said, according to Pasadena right now. “No. Instead, he has fired thousands of workers from the national weather service, which we rely on to tell us if there is a dangerous weather event.”
This is the second weekend that demonstrators gathered outside the Pasadena trade.
Tesla’s protests are even appearing outside the SH.BA, with dozens of people in Lisbon, Portugal, holding signs saying “Boycott Tesla” outside a Tesla trade, Duddy Reports. This demonstration happened on Sunday, just before what could be the country’s third parliamentary elections in three years.
As noted by DuddyProtesters raised concerns about Musk’s promotion of right -wing politics in Europe. One protester told the plug that “Musk” may not be able to have sufficient impact on the next election in Portugal, but with the amount of money he has, step by step, he can do it. “
How did this Tesla affect?
Even before the protest began, Tesla’s sales fell year by year for the first time. Some drivers have also decided to trade or sell their teslas to avoid embarrassment, with an owner saying New York Times It was called a “Nazi”. Tesla’s shares pricing has also dropped more than 50 percent from his high record in December, stale Reports, while Net Net Net Musk was plunged from $ 464 billion in December to $ 330 billion.
In response to the protests, Musk accused billionaire George Soros, Reid Hoffman and others to finance protests through the democratic platform of collecting ACTBlue funds. However, as was noted by staleActBlue “does not finance groups, but rather it is a platform through which donors can provide money for campaigns or organizations.”