Anti-Elon Musk/Tesla Protests, Vandalism And Attacks

[Breadbassket]

Graffiti on a Tesla dealership sign. Molotov cocktails thrown in another dealership's lot. Tesla charging stations set on fire. Across the country, the electric vehicle company's facilities and vehicles are being hit with protests and violence over Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration.

A wave of anti-Tesla protests and attacks have occurred as Musk, Tesla's CEO, takes a leading role in President Trump's cost-cutting task force, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. The agency has cut thousands of jobs since its inception in January.

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Here is a list of incidents in 2025 thus far:
Jan. 29 - Feb. 11: Police in northern Colorado arrested Lucy Grace Nelson after the 42-year-old allegedly caused between $5,000 and $20,000 in damage to a Tesla dealership starting on Jan. 29 and later returned several more times in February. According to police, Nelson vandalized the Tesla dealership by spray-painting "Nazi" under the dealership's entrance sign and started small fires on the lot by igniting molotov cocktails inside vodka bottles. Nelson was charged with malicious destruction of property and remains in custody.

March 3: In Maryland, graffiti was found at a Tesla dealership a day after demonstrators gathered to protest Musk. The graffiti said "No Musk" with a sign that resembles a swastika.

March 4: Police in Massachusetts reported seven Tesla charging stations that were intentionally set on fire.

March 6: A 39-year-old man was accused of vandalizing several Tesla vehicles with stickers of Musk in the Boston suburb of Brookline, calling it "free speech." Harrison Grant Randall was charged with six counts of defacing property. A pre-trial hearing for Randall is scheduled for May, according to CBS News Boston. It's unclear if he has entered a plea.

March 6: Police in Portland, Oregon, said that at least seven shots were fired at a Tesla dealership on Thursday, damaging three cars and shattering windows, according to CBS affiliate KOIN.

March 7: At the same Tesla dealership allegedly vandalized by Nelson, northern Colorado police reported an arson at the Loveland Tesla dealership.

March 8: Over 350 protesters gathered in New York City at a Tesla showroom in Manhattan as part of the nationwide "Tesla Takedown" protests. Six arrests were made, five for disorderly conduct and one for resisting arrest, obstructing government administration and a violation for a local law.

 

[Nero Fiddled]

Bit late for that, DOGE has done its job and the DEI and alphabet mafia money pipelines have been closed.

 

[Miller]

There might be some NGO OP going on.

Valerie Costa, the far-left activist behind the so-called "Tesla Takedown" fueling a spree of vandalism nationwide, proudly admits her campaign draws inspiration from Luigi Mangione. She labels Elon Musk's DOGE initiative as "criminal," even though Trump won both the popular vote and presidency, specifically while championing Musk and DOGE's vision to balance the budget. Clearly, Costa has no genuine respect for democracy, elections, or the people's choice. Ironically, Costa's "TroublemakersCommunity" and "Oil & Gas Action Network" previously targeted fossil fuel companies to fight climate change. Now, in a stunning twist of hypocrisy, she's attacking Tesla—the very company that's arguably done more than any other to combat climate change. Did she ever honestly care about climate change, or was she always just virtue-signaling the DNC's latest talking points? Digging deeper reveals Costa’s career specialty: advising left-wing NGOs and nonprofits on fundraising and securing government-funded grants.

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[30+GameOvers]

Remember when Tesla and Musk were leftist darlings?
I would love to see a compilation of retards praising Elon/Tesla and then their posts today that are all but sending them death threats. It would make for a hilarious video/thread.

 

[Ultrapenguin]

So are they all old? Is this just a thing for gen X who use facebook too much?

Middle aged people learning to use social media has been one of the worst developments in modern human history. I swear they are some of the dumbest and most easily led individuals around. Someone needs to start a nonprofit organization to help pair older individuals on the internet with young folk to tell them how embarrassing and out of touch they are to disabuse them of the notion that they're in any way hip or relevant to contemporary politics.

"Look at me guys, I'm a liberal, just like the young folk back in my day! I'm protesting! I'm trendy!"...nobody gives a shit grandma, go play with your cats and experience menopause or w/e.

 

[Dawdler]

I still stand beside what I said:
People that would suck dicks for a tesla 5 years ago are now raging about the same car

Vote with your wallet or something. This is only giving musk more popularity and free advertisement.

Someone needs to start a nonprofit organization to help pair older individuals on the internet with young folk to tell them how embarrassing and out of touch they are to disabuse them of the notion that they're in any way hip or relevant to contemporary politics.

Have you tried talking to one? They think they are the hottest smartest shit on the block.

 

[grump]

A General Elon Derangement Syndrome Thread is long overdue.

Its pretty wild, I've never seen anything like this since Trump and at least Trump seemed to have a large amount of supporters even in his nadir. On the other hand conservatives generally seem more inclined to stand off to the sides and shrug their shoulders at the Musk hate. Even in a lot of places that don't seem to give a shit about Trump like gaming there seems to be a massive Elon hate boner completely out of proportion to anything he did. Theres as big narratives like Musk emerald mines that get almost zero pushback. He might be more hated than Trump at this point.

 

[Toothp!ck]

This is only giving musk more popularity and free advertisement.

I've seen a few conservatives saying the attacks on Tesla shops have made them buy one just to stick it to the libs. I'd argue you can probably low ball a progressive a buy a used Tesla.

A General Elon Derangement Syndrome Thread is long overdue.

I wish we had a general Elon thread that talked about the people obsessed with Elon (both the pro and anti) and Elon himself without it becoming a second Trump thread as the current one is.

 

[Taser Confetti]

I feel like purposely setting a Tesla on fire is really bad for the atmosphere.

 

[grump]

I wish we had a general Elon thread that talked about the people obsessed with Elon (both the pro and anti) and Elon himself without it becoming a second Trump thread as the current one is.

I haven't seen any major Elon fanboyism for some years. At best most current support for him seems just as an operative to Trump and not really for him personally. I mean its around in bits and pieces sure but nothing like it used to be and absolutely dwarfed by deranged Elon hate. The Elon open fanboy has sort of become the new kkk or stereotypical internet incel. Talked about by their opponents far more than they actually exist online.

 

[Judge Dredd]

I saw this link doing the rounds last month.

https://bsky.app/profile/justinboldaji.bsky.social/post/3lh53if3hrk2c

Is a video of someone vandalizing a tesla. If someone can archive it, that would be nice.

What's somewhat funny is the guy is in the car and doesn't notice. But it's still a dumb thing to do to begin with. I don't know if this was one of the guys sentenced in the OP, but it wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Taser Confetti]

The Elon open fanboy has sort of become the new kkk or stereotypical internet incel. Talked about by their opponents far more than they actually exist online.

They’re definitely still around and from my experience tend to be weird Indians and guys way too into Joe Rogan.

Kinda like MAGAtards their cringe is over shadowed by their even more hysterical detractors though.

 

[ButterflyBarbie]

Redditors celebrate an incident of vandalism against a Cybertruck.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CyberStuck/s/kWMxNrmQR3

https://archive.is/LRbNV

 

[Toothp!ck]

I saw this link doing the rounds last month.

https://bsky.app/profile/justinboldaji.bsky.social/post/3lh53if3hrk2c

Is a video of someone vandalizing a tesla. If someone can archive it, that would be nice.

What's somewhat funny is the guy is in the car and doesn't notice. But it's still a dumb thing to do to begin with. I don't know if this was one of the guys sentenced in the OP, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Redditors celebrate an incident of vandalism against a Cybertruck.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CyberStuck/s/kWMxNrmQR3

https://archive.is/LRbNV

X, Archive
Best part is that the left will be mad once cities amp up security to prevent shit like this from happening again.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

Remember when Tesla and Musk were leftist darlings?
I would love to see a compilation of retards praising Elon/Tesla and then their posts today that are all but sending them death threats. It would make for a hilarious video/thread.

+1, I'd like to see that too and I think they're much more people who'll like to see that before these retards delete their old tweets.

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

the crazy part is that they're fucking the rest of the economy by taking down Tesla. Tesla is about 2% of the S&P 500, basically if Tesla goes down its dragging the US economy with it.

 

[indomitable snowman]

https://old.reddit.com/r/legaladvic...ter_is_being_prosecuted_for_felony_vandalism/ | https://archive.ph/KqnGj

https://old.reddit.com/r/law/commen...ed_the_tesla_boycott_to_be/mh75zdu/?context=3 | https://archive.ph/sX55M


https://old.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/1j8h8bg/georgetown_tesla_update/ | https://archive.ph/ek4sY

this one might have been an "intentional protest" according to preddit.


Here's a guy who had his cybertruck spraypainted while at a hotel in Oklahoma (so not even the red states are safe)
https://x.com/StargazerPlaid/status/1899387980269191599



Some random driver in NYC drove past a protest

https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1899237736390996430

Somebody threw a rock at this guys wifes tesla while their daughter was in the car.

https://x.com/BradenRSmith/status/1899204382991983089

and some torched cars in Seattle

https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1899258708170842229

 

[30+GameOvers]

First the party of peace and love targeted blacks for lynchings(KKK) and now they're targeting Teslas for...what, Musk throwing a retarded hand salute?
They deserve to suffer in irrelevance for 4 years. I wish Musk a million dollars from every burned Tesla.

 

[Nitro!]

Lefties love EVs (retarded) now they are self-correcting by destroying EVs (retarded). It's retard equilibrium.

 

[Bogdandoff]

I don't like Elon or Tesla cars in general but this reddit behavior is retarded.