Protests in the USA: On Saturday, March 1, demonstrators gathered in front of car showrooms Tesla throughout the United States In a gesture of protest against billionaire Elon Musk and his last activities. Owner Tesla and at the same time the head of the Department for Government Efficiency (DOGE) conducts, among others mass layoffs in federal agencies. In New York, it was to be protested around 300 people.
The police detained several people: Nine people are left detained during the demonstration in front of the New York headquarters of Tesla. He took part in the demonstration several hundred people. Similar actions were also organized in other cities. Demonstrators chanted, among others: “Save democracy”, “arrest Musk”, “No dictators in the USA”. Some Tesla vehicle owners reported that their cars were devastated – they were painted with a spray swastikas (Musk is called by some Nazi because of the alleged performance of the so -called Roman salute at the rally of Trump. He claims that he did not intend to). In the state of Colorado, in turn, Tesla cars were thrown Molotov cocktails.
There is a White House comment: – Protests will not stop President Donald Trump and Elon Musk before fulfilling the promise on Doge and making our federal government more efficient and more responsible to hard -working American taxpayers throughout the country – this is how the spokesman for the White House Harrison Fields, quoted by Associated Press, referred to the situation. Let us remind you that for several weeks the action has also been carried out on the internet “Tesla Takedown”encouraging to boycott shopping cars Tesla.
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Sources: Reuters, Associated Press