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Let's see what the Supreme Court has to say about that!!!

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On Thursday she announced that unspecified charges were being brought against three people accused of targeting Tesla cars, carrying between five and 20 years in prison.

That will be up to judge to decide whether smudging Musk's puma is terrorism. Frankly what the administration is doing is terrorism.

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"I look forward to watching the sick terrorist thugs get 20 year jail sentences for what they are doing to Elon Musk and Tesla," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

So let me get this straight: in 2025, in America, if you try to violently overthrow the government, you get a presidential pardon, but if you burn a Tesla, you're considered a terrorist and get 20 years in jail.

....I guess that's what they meant by "making America great again"?

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Let's see what the Supreme Court has to say about that!!!

They’ll most likely side with the DOJ and this administration 20 years sounds good to me

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So now if they disagree with the govt you get deported.

But if you attack Washington and threaten to lynch the VP you get praised.

You couldn't make this up.

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So now if they disagree with the govt you get deported.

Possibility, not likely, but a lengthy prison sentence, that’s a very high possibility

But if you attack Washington and threaten to lynch the VP you get praised.

Threatening and committing an actual physical crime, are two different things.

You couldn't make this up.

I agree

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bass4funkToday 07:17 am JST

Let's see what the Supreme Court has to say about that!!!

They’ll most likely side with the DOJ and this administration 20 years sounds good to me

No, smart people are not big fans of incompetents.

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bass4funkToday 07:26 am JST

But if you attack Washington and threaten to lynch the VP you get praised.

Threatening and committing an actual physical crime, are two different things.

The January 6th insurgents were committing actual physical crimes with actual damage to real police officers.

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Imagine claiming you're on the side of the blue-collar workers and then openly cheering for the richest man in the world. Flabbergasting level of hypocrisy and/or idiocy.

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Think about it, if you lost your job, due to someone's whim or illogical thinking, how would you feel? If you lost a job that you've dedicated your entire life to, and were doing it well, by the decision, not because of your performance, then how would you feel? I know mentally, I would not be well. Being fired can be one of the greatest stresses in life. I can totally understand some of these people's outrage and backlash against Tesla, who represents privilege and wealth. After all, only the very wealthy can afford to buy a Tesla nowadays, and they are the ones who will be privileged to keep their jobs and benefit from all the tax cuts Trump will give them.

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Think about it, if you lost your job, due to someone's whim or illogical thinking, how would you feel?

Appealing to compassion with MAGA loons is a waste of time, patkim. They have none. They only care about "owning the libs", even if it provably makes their country and their lives worse.

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Trump can only drive his recently bought Tesla around the White House gardens. He's not allowed on public highways.

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Trump can only drive his recently bought Tesla around the White House gardens. He's not allowed on public highways.

Buying it was more symbolic and a show of unity support, still paid for it in cash, money will go to the company

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Trump bought his granddaughter a Tesla and a Tesla truck for his granddaughter because Musk asked him even though he hates EVs.

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bass4funk

Trump can only drive his recently bought Tesla around the White House gardens. He's not allowed on public highways.

Buying it was more symbolic and a show of unity support, still paid for it in cash, money will go to the company

Have you ordered yours?

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Was any Tesla injured?

Dealership was

On the other hand, the backlash against Tesla is a response to the very lives of Americans being ruined by taking away one of the most, if not the most important, thing in someone's life: the ability to provide for themselves and their families. Millions have illegally lost their jobs. Big difference.

Ok, and breaking down with emotional damage outbursts is going to help? Putting people out of work will help the lefts cause? These workers did nothing, they were only doing their jobs.

Okay. Fine. If you feel that way, that the only here and now matter, then stop bringing up anything that Biden has done or not done. That's in the past.

Not when it comes to the border because that’s the hear and now.

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damaging a tesla is no different than damaging a ford. equal justice under law.

“The United States Office of Government Ethics rule on "Endorsing Organizations, Products or Persons" states that "Executive branch employees may not use their Government positions to suggest that the agency or any part of the executive branch endorses an organization (including a nonprofit organization), product, service, or person."

trump, the commerce secretary and treasury secretary blatantly violated this during their commercials on fox news.

equal justice under the law.

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one can also support Tesla through stock purchases. as I don’t have a need for a personal vehicle in Japan, already have a truck and a muscle car in USA.

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Appealing to compassion with MAGA loons is a waste of time, patkim.

You're right. You can't reason with stupidity.

Ok, and breaking down with emotional damage outbursts is going to help? Putting people out of work will help the lefts cause? These workers did nothing, they were only doing their jobs.

And so were the federal workers who were let go. They too were just doing their jobs. To let someone like Musk, who knows nothing about what they do and how hard they work, come in and decide who gets fired, is totally unethical and illegal.

Buying it was more symbolic and a show of unity support, still paid for it in cash, money will go to the company

But using the White House lawn as your personal showroom and to publicly endorse a product of someone who is working under you, is unethical. Imagine if Biden had turned the White House into his own personal stage to endorse a product. Would Republicans be okay with that?

they are. Schumer sent them.

No that's wrong. Yes, there have been a number of Democrats attending these town halls, but they weren't paid for. That would be ludicrous. Even the Republican senators holding these town halls have admitted that they have seen their own constituents in the crowds. Film crews who have also talked with these people have proven that most of the people at these town halls are residents within that area, often times in red states where most of the population voted for Trump. Even online, you can see Trump voters voicing their buyer's remorse. Many of them voted for him three times. Many of them claim that they liked his goals, but not the way he's going about to achieve those goals.

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I guess we should be used to all of the unbelievable conspiracy theories and lies from conservatives and Trump in particular. Anything from Haitians eating dogs, to ingesting bleach can kill the coronavirus, MAGA followers love to believe such outlandish lies. Now they think that all the people protesting at Tesla dealerships, attending town halls, protesting on the streets in every major city, bombarding online sites, are all paid Democrats. Well, if that were true, that's a whole lot of Democrats. That would number in the hundreds of millions. So you do the math, if all of them are Democrats, why didn't we win the last election?

Of course, the simplest explanation is that not all of them are Democrats. Many of them are Republican voters who are voicing their displeasure at the current state of things. Many of them are voicing their honest regret at voting for him. Many of them, incorrectly thought that only Democrats would be affected by the massive purge being conducted by the Trump administration.

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Hardly peaceful protest.

Let's face it: premeditated ........ in pursuit of political goals is ......... - which is what this is.

Ball is in the government's court. Safe guess is they will play the tough-guy card. Watch.

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Imagine if Biden had turned the White House into his own personal stage to endorse a product.

yes, imagine.

oh wait, never mind, don’t need to imagine:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/flashback-biden-paraded-electric-vehicles-150641856.html

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Their may not be an independent DOJ, nobody operates outside the law, without answering to a judge,a judge can extract all kind of legal sanctions against Trump DOJ,they can be put under court supervision by a judge

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I was assured they didn’t promote any brands.

Don't know who told you that, but you were wrong, as always. Presidents regularly promote domestic brands and industries, but they do it in an egalitarian fashion (hence several different brands of cars for Biden), and most importantly, they don't promote the companies of people who work in their administration. Which is a grift. You omitted that part again. Silly you.

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not surprising. Thats domestic terrorism though, better brush up on your Spanish language skills.

Did you miss the part where I said I was glad I didn't live in a country where vandalizing Teslas is terrorism? My comment was just 3 lines long, one would think you'd read and understand it's entirety. Too much to ask, apparently.

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This is the reaction of a megalomaniac, narcissistic, little nazi clown..

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