
Elon Musk Goes After ‘Evil’ Tim Walz Over Tesla Stock Joke
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The tech billionaire slammed the Minnesota governor as a “huge jerk” for poking fun at the company’s stock market troubles.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz a “huge jerk” for being “overjoyed” about the downward trend of Tesla stocks.
“I mean, you have Tim Walz, who’s a huge jerk, running around on stage with the Tesla stock price, where the stock price had gone in half, and he was overjoyed,” Musk said during an interview with Fox News on Friday.
The Tesla CEO continued, “What an evil thing to do—what a creep, what a jerk. Like, who derives joy from that? And it was pointed out to him that the Minnesota state pension fund is a major investor in Tesla, but he didn’t care because he was so overjoyed by the Tesla stock [tanking].”
Musk added, “Does that sound like a good person to you? I don’t think so.”
Speaking on the rising reports of vandalism at Tesla dealerships, Musk said, “Think it would help sales if dealerships are being firebombed? Of course not. And Tesla customers are being intimidated all over the country and all over Europe. Does that help Tesla?”