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Anti-Musk Sentiment Boils Over to Tesla Owners

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6656 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Anger and frustration over Elon Musk’s DOGE and its drastic, legally questionable cuts to the federal workforce have sparked protests outside Tesla dealerships around the country, leaving some Tesla owners feeling less than great about their cars. If you have a Tesla, are you thinking of getting rid of it? We’ll talk about whether Elon Musk and the Trump Administration in general are affecting what you’re buying – or swearing off. Guests: Clara Jeffery, editor in chief, Mother Jones Frances Dinkelspiel, journalist, co-founder of Cityside Journalism Initiative Matthew Hiller, owner and designer, Mad Puffer Stickers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Coming up on forum, anger and frustration over Elon Musk's doge and its drastic cuts to the federal workforce, among other things, have sparked protests outside

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Tesla showrooms in California and around the country. They've also left some Tesla owners

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feeling less than great about their cars as sales soar of bumper stickers that say,

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I bought this before Elon went crazy. If you have a Tesla, are you thinking of getting rid of it?

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We take a closer look at whether the emerging Tesla takedown movement will dent Musk's profits and power.

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That's next on Forum.

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Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. As backlash against Elon Musk intensifies for slashing the federal workforce, making gestures reminiscent of Nazi salutes among other reasons, protesters are showing up in front

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of Tesla showrooms, and some Tesla owners are selling their vehicles, while some investors are shedding their stockholders. A listener looking to sell their Model 3 wrote in, Musk's use of the money he made through Tesla to influence our presidential election, and his butchering of our government through Doge put me over the edge. I cannot in good

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