Radical activists are throwing Molotov cocktails at Teslas and spraying antisemitic graffiti on dealerships.
Quite the escalation in the #TeslaTakedown movement that’s targeting Elon Musk for the unforgivable crime of helping President Trump drain swamp.
This from thepatriotjournal.com.
Leftist hoodlums are being paid to do damage to their favorite electric car company simply because it is run by someone who is now working with a Republican administration. And rather than simply buying a different EV, some radical activists have decided that destruction of property is the appropriate response. Because nothing says “we care about the environment” quite like setting cars on fire.
However, Attorney General Pam Bondi is not taking these attacks lightly. On Tuesday, she issued a strongly worded statement calling the spate of Tesla attacks exactly what they are—domestic terrorism.
From The Post Millennial:
The swarm of violent attacks on Tesla property is nothing short of domestic terrorism. The Department of Justice has already charged several perpetrators with that in mind, including in cases that involve charges with five-year mandatory minimum sentences.
We will continue investigations that impose severe consequences on those involved in these attacks, including those operating behind the scenes to coordinate and fund these crimes.
The violence has escalated dramatically in recent weeks. Just yesterday morning, multiple Tesla vehicles were set ablaze at a Las Vegas service center. According to the FBI, five vehicles were damaged in the arson attack that happened around 2:45 AM when most law-abiding citizens were sound asleep.
Las Vegas Metropolitan PD Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren revealed the assailant was “wearing all black clothing” and used “what appear to be Molotov cocktails and a firearm to conduct his attack.” That’s right—not just fire, but firepower. Officers found an unignited Molotov cocktail at the scene and evidence that the suspect had fired “at least three rounds into different” Teslas.
This is not an isolated incident. Federal authorities are investigating attacks nationwide, including two Tesla Cybertrucks set on fire in Kansas City and a Tesla dealership in San Diego where vandals spray-painted antisemitic symbols on the building and vehicles.
Bondi’s terrorism designation follows President Trump’s earlier statement that he would label the attacks as domestic terrorism. The DOJ is clearly taking this seriously, with some perpetrators already facing charges that could result in five-year mandatory minimum sentences.
FBI Las Vegas Special Agent in Charge Spencer Evans told reporters that the Vegas attack “certainly has some of the hallmarks” of a terrorist attack, though the investigation is ongoing.
Evans said:
Violent acts like this are unacceptable regardless of where they occur.
Further:
We will come after you, we will find you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.
Elon Musk himself responded to the Las Vegas incident, calling it “insane and deeply wrong” and later explicitly labeling it “terrorism.” When the guy who revolutionized both electric vehicles and space travel calls something terrorism, perhaps we should take it seriously.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and seven other GOP lawmakers are not sitting quietly either. They’ve called for a full-scale “domestic terrorism” investigation, noting in their letter to Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel reported links between “various Democrat-affiliated non-governmental organizations” and the attacks, though specific evidence wasn’t detailed.
The politically motivated attacks appear aimed at punishing Musk for his association with Trump. According to Axios reporting:
Tesla has seen sales slump in the first quarter of 2025, and the company’s post-election stock bump has “faded sharply” since Musk took on his role in the Trump administration.
Apparently, helping to streamline government efficiency is now grounds for having your business systematically attacked. It is almost as if some people—Read: Deep State deep pocket funding—do not actually want the government to run efficiently—a revelation that will shock approximately no one who has been paying attention.
***UPDATE
This should not come as a surprise: Three of four alleged Tesla facility and charger vandals appear to identify as transgender or nonbinary. The alleged perpetrators of different Tesla properties all identify as transgender, cross dress or go by ‘she/they’ pronouns.
Justin Thomas Nelson, 42, who goes by Lucy Grace Nelson, was charged by complaint with one count of “malicious destruction of property” in Lyons, CO on Jan. 29, according to the DOJ. An additional four instances in February regarding possible arson, graffiti and “incendiary devices” regarding Nelson caught the attention of the police.
Nelson was arrested Feb. 24, allegedly possessing additional incendiary devices and “materials attributed to vandalism,” police told the New York Post.
Erin L. White, 27, was apprehended and charged with felony criminal damage to property and trespass, according to Fox. White allegedly vandalized a Tesla center in Illinois, leaving messages criticizing President Trump and Elon Musk and advocating for “trans rights.”
White has used she/they pronouns, according to her LinkedIn profile and other reports.
Adam Matthew Lansky, 41, was formally accused of possessing Molotov cocktails while attempting to destroy Tesla property at a Salem, OR car dealership, according to a DOJ press release.
Social media records show Lansky allegedly went by the alias Allison Tesla on X, with the content featuring trans pornography.
Surveillance footage obtained from the dealership appeared to show him throwing the incendiary devices at the building and several vehicles, causing fires to erupt, according to the press release. The release also pointed to another surveillance video from a police car that showed Lansky allegedly discharging “multiple firearm rounds into a building and at least one vehicle.”
