Demonstrations against tech billionaire Elon Musk are continuing, even after the Tesla CEO stepped away from his role leading the Department of Government Efficiency and engaged in an all-out feud this week with Donald Trump over the president’s massive tax and domestic policy bill known as the “big, beautiful bill.”
Musk, who contributed $288 million to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, called the bill a “disgusting abomination” just days after announcing he would leave DOGE, his federal cost-cutting project. As the two traded jabs, Trump threatened to cut government contracts for Musk’s companies and Musk claimed that “Trump would have lost the election” without him.
Anti-Musk sentiment spilled onto sidewalks outside of Tesla showrooms with 60 demonstrations scheduled Saturday in cities such as Delray Beach, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky; and Decatur, Georgia, as part of the Tesla Takedown movement, which began in mid-February amid Musk’s role with DOGE.
At 11:30 a.m. ET, a crowd of about 30 demonstrators had gathered outside of a Tesla showroom on a rainy morning in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC.
“This is not over because (Musk) decided to go home with his tail between his legs,” local organizer Melissa Knutson told CNN.
The Tesla Takedown movement, according to its website, calls on people to “sell your Teslas, dump your stock and join the picket lines” and believes that “stopping Musk will help save lives and protect our democracy.”
Tesla sales plunged 13% in the first three months of this year, the largest drop in deliveries in its history. Shares of Tesla (TSLA) dropped roughly 14% this week and are down nearly 47% from the high of $488.54 on December 18.
Read more here on the Tesla Takedown movement.
