Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel appeared to mock the vandalism of Tesla property and was met with cheers from his viewers on Tuesday after he talked about Tesla’s “disastrous” inventory worth drop.
“Our co-president Elon Musk sent a Space-X vehicle to bring the astronauts back, and when they landed, he fired them immediately upon landing,” Kimmel joked in his monologue.
“Tesla stock is way down, almost disastrously so,” he mentioned, because the viewers briefly reduce off his soliloquy, erupting into cheers of celebration on the point out of Tesla’s inventory crash.
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Tesla founder Elon Musk addresses the wave of violent protests towards the automaker’s dealerships and autos. (Getty Photographs/Fox Information)
The Musk-led Division of Authorities Effectivity’s (DOGE) authorities spending cuts and layoffs have sparked outrage, which seems to have led to vandalizing Tesla dealerships and automobiles in protest.
“People have been vandalizing Tesla vehicles, new Tesla vehicles. Please, don’t vandalize, don’t ever vandalize Tesla vehicles,” Kimmel mentioned, wanting on the digicam and pausing to seemingly emphasize his sarcasm.
Musk responded to clips of Kimmel’s jokes on X, saying, “He’s such an unfunny jerk.”
The Tesla CEO has spoken out concerning the brutality focusing on his firm.
“It’s really come as quite a shock to me that there is this level of real hatred and violence from the left,” Musk mentioned throughout an unique interview on “Hannity” Tuesday.
“I thought the left, you know, Democrats, were supposed to be the party of empathy, the party of caring. And yet they’re burning down cars. They’re firebombing dealerships. They’re firing bullets into dealerships. They’re just smashing up Teslas,” he continued, though no proof has confirmed the political affiliation of the alleged suspects concerned.
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Elon Musk speaks throughout an occasion within the Oval Workplace with President Donald Trump on the White Home on Feb. 11. (AP Photographs)
Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi launched an announcement Tuesday night saying, “The swarm of violent attacks on Tesla property is nothing short of domestic terrorism. The Department of Justice has already charged several perpetrators with that in mind, including in cases that involve charges with five-year mandatory minimum sentences.”
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5 Tesla autos have been set on fireplace and shot at in what police are investigating as a “targeted attack” at an area restore middle in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Hal Sparks through Storyful)
The legal professional common added, “We will continue investigations that impose severe consequences on those involved in these attacks, including those operating behind the scenes to coordinate and fund these crimes.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to Kimmel for remark.
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