Elon Musk reacts to anti-DOGE protests at Tesla stores: ‘DOGE has very high approval from…

Elon Musk has broken his silence regarding the recent anti-DOGE protests targeting Tesla stores across the US. Demonstrators have been calling for a boycott of the automaker, criticising Musk's proposed cuts to government spending under President Trump's administration. The Tesla CEO took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to talk about the protests.

Replying to a video of one such protest location in Manhattan, New York, Musk wrote: “DOGE has very high approval from the people as a whole, but the grifters super hate it.”
The original post to which Musk replied also claimed: “NYPD is now making MASS ARRESTS after anti-Elon “protestors” took over a Tesla showroom in Manhattan. These terror*sts are HELLBENT on scaring Elon Musk into silence. Hasn’t worked before, and it sure as hell won’t work this time.”
Over 50 protests reportedly took place in across various US cities including Tucson, St. Louis, New York City, Dayton, Charlotte, and Palo Alto, with further demonstrations scheduled in England, Spain, and Portugal later in March. A website called “Tesla Takedown” has catalogued numerous events across North America and Europe, a report claims.

In a statement to the news agency AP, Nathan Phillips, a 58-year-old ecologist protesting in Boston, said: “We can get back at Elon. We can impose direct economic damage on Tesla by showing up at showrooms everywhere and boycotting Tesla and telling everyone else to get out, sell your stocks, sell your Teslas.”
In some areas, protests also became unsettled. In New York City, about 300 people gathered at a Tesla dealership, leading to the detention of nine individuals by police. Federal prosecutors have charged a woman in Colorado with vandalising a Tesla dealership, where Molotov cocktails were thrown at vehicles and the phrase “Nazi cars” was spray-painted on the building, the report added.
Some Tesla owners have also reported vandalism against their vehicles, while Jewish groups have expressed concern over an increase in antisemitic incidents. The report also noted cases of swastikas being spray-painted on Tesla cars amid the dispute.