Christopher F. Rufo

Christopher F. Rufo

How “Tesla Takedown” Activists Fool the Public

The campaign against Elon Musk’s company is hardly a grassroots movement.

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Christopher F. Rufo and David Reaboi
Apr 11, 2025
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Last month, a wave of more than 200 protests targeting Tesla properties erupted across the United States. The media portrayed this movement, officially branded the “Tesla Takedown,” as a spontaneous grassroots backlash against CEO Elon Musk’s role in dismantling waste and fraud in the U.S. federal bureaucracy. Each of these demonstrations appears to hav…

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