Why some are calling Tesla vandalism 'domestic terrorism'
On Point | Podcast
WBUR
4.2 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
The Tesla Takedown protests have been mostly peaceful, but there have been a few incidents of vandalism and even property destruction.
Now, Elon Musk and his allies are calling the entire protest movement "domestic terrorism." Is that a fair label?
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| 0:00.0 | WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
| 0:07.6 | This is on point. I'm Magna Chakrabardi. The protests are called Tesla takedown protests, |
| 0:15.1 | and they're taking place outside of Tesla dealerships in the U.S. and now in some places internationally. |
| 0:21.6 | Quote, sell your Teslas, dump your stock, their website says. |
| 0:26.4 | Quote, Elon Musk is destroying democracy around the world and he's using the fortune he |
| 0:30.9 | built at Tesla to do it, end quote. |
| 0:34.4 | Well, Morgan Boyer is a freelance writer in the Pittsburgh area, and Ron Mishko is a semi-retired business owner in Northern Michigan. |
| 0:42.4 | They've both joined the protests. |
| 0:44.7 | There have been some harsh words said on both sides, but we have not touched any Tesla cars. |
| 0:52.9 | We have not touched foot on any Tesla dealerships. |
| 0:56.8 | And you're not going to change anyone's mind by damaging their property or scaring them. |
| 1:02.7 | That's not the way you want to proceed. |
| 1:04.6 | That's not the way to lead. |
| 1:07.2 | Mishko actually owns multiple Teslas. |
| 1:10.0 | But he still got involved with Tesla taked down a few weeks ago after Elon Musk joined the Trump administration. |
| 1:16.6 | He attended one protest with 200 people outside a Tesla dealership. |
| 1:21.6 | Mishko is concerned about Musk's impact on the federal government, but he is not selling his personal Teslas and does not want the company to suffer. |
| 1:31.8 | Back in the old days, when a president won, that was it. |
| 1:36.3 | You know, the political season stopped. |
| 1:38.2 | And then we move forward for better or for worse, whether you agreed or not. |
| 1:42.4 | And I want Trump to succeed. I want |
| 1:45.5 | Elon to succeed. I want everybody to succeed in America. But policies that hurt regular Americans, |
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