House Democrat Smacks Down Trump's Double Standard On Protests Amid Tesla Backlash [View all]

Source: Huff Post

Mar 12, 2025, 09:05 PM EDT


Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) ripped Donald Trump on Wednesday after the president said he’d label violence against Tesla dealerships as “domestic terrorism” as the company faces backlash over billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting crusade.

Trump, who praised Tesla electric vehicles alongside Musk outside the White House earlier this week, vowed that protesters who target the company with violence would be caught and “go through hell” as a result.

Moulton, in an interview with CNN’s Audie Cornish, was asked about the Trump administration labeling acts that go “beyond vandalism” toward Tesla as domestic terrorism and whether this is what “resistance should look like.”

“So, Trump thinks that if you try to kill cops to overthrow the government and change an election that’s not domestic terrorism, but somehow having a protest in front of a Tesla dealership is?” said Moulton, referring to the president’s forgiveness and adoration for rioters linked to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attacks. “The bottom line with Trump is freedom and liberties belong to people who agree with him and that’s it, that’s his view of America. That’s not a view that people who believe in our Constitution share.”

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