MTG Wants Tesla Protests Investigated, Presumably Because They're Hurting The Value Of Her Tesla Stock
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who I want to emphasize does not represent my district, is mad. This isn't new, of course. She's always mad about something. This time around, though, it's people exercising their Constitutionally guaranteed right to protest outside Tesla dealerships. After Trump claimed he would prosecute anyone arrested in connection with the protests as domestic terrorists, Greene announced on Twitter that she'd sent a letter to both Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel demanding they open an investigation into the protests, insisting that "Attacks on Tesla must be investigated as domestic terrorism!" Not property. Tesla the company.
In the attached letter, Greene mentions the "wave of organized attacks targeting Elon Musk" before pivoting to claims of property damage. And she's correct that there have been a few incidents where bad actors have clearly broken the law, including setting a few parked Cybertrucks on fire. Of course, then she began complaining about the alleged involvement of Antifa, an imaginary domestic terror organization Republicans insist coordinates the violent protests that literally burned down multiple major U.S. cities in 2020 (oh wait, that didn't happen, either). The part where much of the criminal activity that actually did happen around protests that summer ended up being traced back to right-wing instigators attempting to undermine the movement always seems to get left out, too.
Oh, and of course she had to repeat Musk's ridiculous claim the payment processing platform various left-leaning organizations use to collect donations from individuals is some kind of nefarious scheme.
Greene made a name for herself being one of the loudest and dumbest Republicans in Congress, so it's no surprise that she'd attempt to curry favor with Musk, but she may also have other motivations. Specifically, she spent a lot of money buying Tesla stock, and wouldn't you know it, as public sentiment turns against Musk, the value of his meme stock keeps dropping. As of the time of writing, TSLA is down more than 36 percent for the year, which is good news if you're someone who wants bad things to happen to Musk but terrible news if you're someone hoping the line would never stop going up.
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