Summary

Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers are pushing to classify vandalism against Tesla as domestic terrorism.

Trump declared that those damaging Tesla dealerships would face terrorism charges, calling the company “a great American company.”

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and others urged the FBI and Attorney General to investigate alleged Democrat-linked NGOs behind Tesla attacks, though no evidence was provided.

Greene may have violated House ethics rules by advocating for Tesla while owning its stock.

  • kreskin@lemmy.world
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    46 minutes ago

    “terrorist” has been so overused it no longer means much of anything. Like so many other words.

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    Good to know that all that “George Soros interfering with muh freedums” was bullshit projection.

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    You hate him. Good. Then the time has come for you to take the last step. You must love Big Brother. It is not enough to obey him: you must love him.

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    No one ever said hating Elon Musk was a crime but destroying private property is. Burning down charging stations, dealerships, and attacking strangers for the type of car they drive are absolutely acts of terrorism. At the end of the day independents decide elections. Do you think this behavior makes democrats more appealing? Is this going to swing voters in your direction? You guys have really lost your way and i feel sorry for you.

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      How dumb to blame democrats for the actions of leftists. Democrats don’t do shit.

      Also, none of that shit is inherently terrorism. It’s vandalism or criminal mischief until you consider the “political element.” The political element isn’t a thing since Elon isn’t running DOGE (as they claim).

      You cannot claim the vandalism at Tesla dealerships is politically motivated since you also claim Elon isn’t the one running DOGE.

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      Man half the country is gonna be classified “terrorist” before we have another major vote again. You think people burning Teslas give a fuck about the democratic party that failed this country in a massive massive way for the last several decades.

      No one burning Teslas gives a flying fuck about the Democrats. I really want to live in your world were the Democrats are “radical leftist” and it wasn’t just a few anarchist kids with some balls. I wish the Democrats had some teeth but they’re a sad pathetic planned opposition party.

      You vote Fascism INTO power. It doesn’t let you just vote it out. Anyone burning a Tesla knows that.

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        Yes the people burning Teslas are obviously democrats. I’m much more interested in this fascism you speak of. Can you tell me any specific examples or experiences of fascism that you have endured? (There will be another election in 2026 btw.)

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      Definition from the FBI:

      Domestic terrorism: Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature

      Definition from the US House of Representatives:

      (5) the term “domestic terrorism” means activities that—
      (A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
      (B) appear to be intended—
      (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
      (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
      (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
      © occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States; and
      (6) the term “military force” does not include any person that—
      (A) has been designated as a—
      (i) foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or
      (ii) specially designated global terrorist (as such term is defined in section 594.310 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations) by the Secretary of State or the Secretary of the Treasury; or
      (B) has been determined by the court to not be a “military force”.

      While you can argue that coordinated acts of destruction against Tesla dealerships could be defined as domestic terrorism, individual acts of vandalism against Tesla vehicles do not fall under this definition, nor should they. Otherwise, you could classify someone like Banksy as a terrorist. Is that the kind of world you want to live in?

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    Trying to pin it on Democrats who supposedly funded it is pretty far out. Come on. How much funding does someone really need to make a fire?

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      Dude I want to live in this world where the Democratic party is so far left that they’re burning Teslas and talking about seizing the means of production from Elons factories. I really wish the Democrats were HALF as radical as these idiots on the right pretend they are.

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    Only people on the Left and Democrats hate Musk… this is what happens when a Republican is POTUS. The same shit happened when Biden was POTUS… the Right hated everyone and anyone associated with a Dem POTUS…

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      Yep. White supremacists groups backing Trump and shouting “the Jews will not replace us” is definitely the same as destroying private property.

      The only difference is that the Trump told the proud boys to “Stand By”. The left couldn’t even get the Democrats to allow a Palestinian to speak at the DNC.

      Let’s not pretend the “far left” is represented in DC. The “far right” is literally sitting in the white house as we speak. God, I wish we lived in this delusional world you crafted.

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    There is a lot of shit people aren’t doing because they don’t want to cross the line and become domestic terrorists. You do NOT want to move that line over them.