House Democrat Smacks Down Trump’s Double Standard On Protests Amid Tesla Backlash | EUROtoday

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) ripped Donald Trump on Wednesday after the president stated he’d label violence towards Tesla dealerships as “domestic terrorism” as the corporate faces backlash over billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting campaign.

Trump, who praised Tesla electrical autos alongside Musk exterior the White House earlier this week, vowed that protesters who goal the corporate with violence could be caught and “go through hell” consequently.

Moulton, in an interview with CNN’s Audie Cornish, was requested in regards to the Trump administration labeling acts that go “beyond vandalism” towards Tesla as home terrorism and whether or not that is what “resistance should look like.”

“So, Trump thinks that if you try to kill cops to overthrow the government and change an election that’s not domestic terrorism, but somehow having a protest in front of a Tesla dealership is?” stated Moulton, referring to the president’s forgiveness and adoration for rioters linked to the lethal Jan. 6, 2021, assaults.

“The bottom line with Trump is freedom and liberties belong to people who agree with him and that’s it, that’s his view of America. That’s not a view that people who believe in our Constitution share.”

Protests have hit Tesla dealerships throughout the nation in current weeks as its CEO’s chainsaw-like strategy to cuts within the federal funds has sparked backlash amongst Americans.

A variety of the demonstrations have been peaceable — together with these tied to the “Tesla Takedown” group which have popped up in cities nationwide — whereas some dealerships and charging stations have seen autos vandalized in addition to broken by fires and gunfire.

Forbes has detailed a rundown of the protests.

Tuesday’s query on Tesla exterior the White House stemmed from Brian Glenn, a correspondent for the right-wing Real America’s Voice out and the boyfriend of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).

Glenn has known as for protests towards the corporate to be shut down “immediately” on social media whereas Greene has pushed for assaults towards Tesla to be “investigated as domestic terrorism.”

On Tuesday, a White House spokesperson said that the “ongoing and heinous acts of violence against Tesla by radical Leftist activists are nothing short of domestic terror.”

The world’s wealthiest man — who “has been treated very unfairly,” in line with Trump — echoed the president’s remarks on his X platform, as nicely.