Elon Musk continues to respond to growing criticism of his personal politics as protesters target Tesla vehicles and dealerships around the world.
Tesla stores and showrooms are being targeted by protests, with police and government agencies taking action against the growing threat of incidents.
The FBI's counter-terrorism task force is investigating a blaze set at a Tesla showroom in Las Vegas, Nevada, as potential terrorism after a man is believed to have thrown Molotov cocktails at a Tesla collision centre.
Las Vegas metropolitan police department added that the perpetrator sprayed "resist" on the front of the businesses, in addition to a potential shooting.
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Writing on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, Elon Musk described the Las Vegas attack as "terrorism", as well as blaming the "woke mind parasite and the humans it controls".
Similar attacks have been seen across the United States, with protesters criticising Musk's involvement with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has cut funding from humanitarian programmes and veterans affairs.
Commenting on the attacks, US Attorney General Pam Bondi took aim at protesters looking to use Molotov cocktails, saying: "If you’re going to touch a Tesla, go to a dealership, do anything, you better watch out because we’re going to come after you."
Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News, Musk said it was "shocking" that there was so much hatred and violence from the left wing of politics.
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He noted that he used to believe that the Democrats had empathy, but now they were "burning down cars, firebombing dealerships, firing bullets into dealerships, smashing up Teslas".
Musk said: "Tesla is a peaceful company, we've never done anything awful. I've never done anything awful, I've always done productive things. I think we just have a deranged, there's some kind of mental illness thing going on here.
"It just doesn't make any sense. And I think there are larger forces at work as well. Who's funding it? Who's coordinating it? This is crazy, I've never seen anything like this."
In Belfast, around 20 vehicles were damaged at a Tesla dealership, with police reporting that most of the EVs had their wing mirrors knocked off, while others had windows smashed.
Tesla Takedown UK has announced that its nationwide action will spread around the country on Saturday, March 22, with protests planned in London, Leeds, Manchester South and Winchester.
It comes after the group protested outside of Tesla's West London showroom with signs like "Honk if you hate Elon", "Stop, dump, deport Musk" and "Enough fascist nonsense".
Elon's father Errol Musk appeared on The Andrew Eborn Show to hit back at critics who were targeting the share value of Tesla, adding that all stocks were falling.
He also said that Elon did not take the attacks on Tesla personally, saying that the only thing that mattered was "being mattered".
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Errol Musk said: "Once you start driving an electric car, it grows on you, you know. I mean you look at you sort of look at people in petrol stations as you drive past with a wonky eye. What are they doing there?
"What's all that crowd around that petrol station? You don't really know what they're even there for, you've forgotten. Oh yeah, they're buying petrol."
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Tesla stores and showrooms are being targeted by protests, with police and government agencies taking action against the growing threat of incidents.
The FBI's counter-terrorism task force is investigating a blaze set at a Tesla showroom in Las Vegas, Nevada, as potential terrorism after a man is believed to have thrown Molotov cocktails at a Tesla collision centre.
Las Vegas metropolitan police department added that the perpetrator sprayed "resist" on the front of the businesses, in addition to a potential shooting.
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Writing on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, Elon Musk described the Las Vegas attack as "terrorism", as well as blaming the "woke mind parasite and the humans it controls".
Similar attacks have been seen across the United States, with protesters criticising Musk's involvement with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has cut funding from humanitarian programmes and veterans affairs.
Commenting on the attacks, US Attorney General Pam Bondi took aim at protesters looking to use Molotov cocktails, saying: "If you’re going to touch a Tesla, go to a dealership, do anything, you better watch out because we’re going to come after you."
Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News, Musk said it was "shocking" that there was so much hatred and violence from the left wing of politics.
READ MORE: Tesla showrooms targeted across UK as protesters bash 'fascist' Elon Musk and demand mass boycott
He noted that he used to believe that the Democrats had empathy, but now they were "burning down cars, firebombing dealerships, firing bullets into dealerships, smashing up Teslas".
Musk said: "Tesla is a peaceful company, we've never done anything awful. I've never done anything awful, I've always done productive things. I think we just have a deranged, there's some kind of mental illness thing going on here.
"It just doesn't make any sense. And I think there are larger forces at work as well. Who's funding it? Who's coordinating it? This is crazy, I've never seen anything like this."
In Belfast, around 20 vehicles were damaged at a Tesla dealership, with police reporting that most of the EVs had their wing mirrors knocked off, while others had windows smashed.
Tesla Takedown UK has announced that its nationwide action will spread around the country on Saturday, March 22, with protests planned in London, Leeds, Manchester South and Winchester.
It comes after the group protested outside of Tesla's West London showroom with signs like "Honk if you hate Elon", "Stop, dump, deport Musk" and "Enough fascist nonsense".
Elon's father Errol Musk appeared on The Andrew Eborn Show to hit back at critics who were targeting the share value of Tesla, adding that all stocks were falling.
He also said that Elon did not take the attacks on Tesla personally, saying that the only thing that mattered was "being mattered".
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Errol Musk said: "Once you start driving an electric car, it grows on you, you know. I mean you look at you sort of look at people in petrol stations as you drive past with a wonky eye. What are they doing there?
"What's all that crowd around that petrol station? You don't really know what they're even there for, you've forgotten. Oh yeah, they're buying petrol."
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