Elon Musk claims Tesla demonstrators are somehow being paid by the government ‘waste and fraud’ DOGE cut—they just won’t admit it

SS; Tesla CEO Elon Musk attempted to point the finger at protestors who have demonstrated en masse in front of vehicle showrooms in the U.S. and Europe, claiming without evidence that they have been activated because they are the recipients of government waste and fraud. Musk told analysts during the company’s first quarter earnings call on Tuesday that the demonstrators would never admit the real reason they’re protesting is because they get paid through government programs that have been victim to DOGE’s cuts, but that was the real rationale underlying their actions.

“The actual reason is because those receiving the waste and fraud wish to continue receiving it; that is the real thing that’s going on here, obviously,” Musk told analysts during an earnings call on Tuesday. “The protests that you’ll see out there, they’re very organized. They’re paid for that.”

Musk previously accused wealthy Democratic political opponents of funding protestors.

The “Tesla Takedown” protests, as some have been called, have urged Tesla stockholders to sell their shares and Tesla owners to dump their cars. The organizers have described the movement as peaceful and have said they oppose violence, vandalism, and destruction of property.

“Elon Musk is destroying democracy around the world, and he’s using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it,” the protest description on organizing website Action Network states. “We are taking action at Tesla to stop Musk’s illegal coup.”

Some demonstrators have grown violent, lobbing molotov cocktails and burning Teslas, prompting President Donald Trump to announce that anti-Musk actions against the automotive manufacturer would be treated as “domestic terrorism.” Last month, police arrested a 36-year-old Nevada man and charged him with 15 felony counts for vandalising a Tesla collision center in Las Vegas and firebombing five cars. Attorney General Pamela Bondi also announced charges against three other people in Colorado, South Carolina, and Oregon who also used molotov cocktails to either light Teslas on fire or attempt to do so, as well as charging stations.

In an interview with Fox News in March, Musk blamed Democrats for the protests and called their actions “deranged.”

Protest organizers in Seattle did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

You mean ..release the “swindlers” list of names they removed ? Nah

Those werent real “dead” individuals, you know..

High likelihood the names were chosen to scapegoat the innocent.