Elon Musk threatens 'generals' who he claims are 'paying' for Tesla protests after shelling out millions for Wisconsin

Source: The Independent

Wednesday 02 April 2025 01:04 BST


Elon Musk made a last-ditch plea to Wisconsin voters during his appearance in front of a fawning panel of Fox News personalities hours before polls closed in a closely watched state Supreme Court race. The world’s wealthiest man and his allies have spent more than $20 million to boost a conservative judge’s campaign in a race that could determine the ideological balance of the state’s highest court, among the first high-stakes elections during Donald Trump’s presidency.

Musk and his political action committee are pouring money into elections across the country to support Republican candidates, including legally dubious pledges to “personally” hand voters $1 million checks and give out $50 to anyone who takes a picture of themselves outside a voting booth after voting for the candidate he supports.

The billionaire’s press blitz to support a conservative candidate in Wisconsin follows widespread protests outside Tesla businesses and a wave of vandalism targeting Tesla vehicles to protest his efforts to purge the federal workforce and gut entire agencies with his so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

“This is fundamentally a case of terrorism … for the purpose of intimidation. It’s harming innocent people. It’s really terrible,” he told Fox’s The Five on Tuesday. “What we actually have to get to is the people who are organizing and paying for these attacks and protests,” he said. “The people who are actually throwing the molotov cocktails, they are the foot soldiers. We need to go after the generals.” Asked if he knows who those “generals” are, Musk said “we know.”

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