At least nine people were arrested during a demonstration outside a New York City Tesla dealership on Saturday, protesting against Elon Musk’s role in sweeping cuts to the federal workforce at the behest of the US President Donald Trump.
The police said that the protest, which involved hundreds of people, was one of a wave of Tesla Takedown demonstrations staged across the country targeting billionaire Musk, who is overseeing the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE.
It was gathered that throngs of protesters also descended on the electric vehicle maker’s showrooms in Jacksonville, Florida, Tucson, Arizona, and other cities, blocking traffic, chanting and waving signs reading “Burn a Tesla: Save Democracy,” and “No Dictators in the USA.”
Musk, the world’s richest person, is leading push to shrink the federal government that has resulted in the firing of thousands of employees and the termination of hundreds of aid contracts and federal leases.
Meanwhile, Tesla and a White House spokesperson have not yet commented on the development.
In some cases, federal agencies have been forced to try to hire back key workers that had been fired, including some responsible for America’s nuclear weapons, scientists trying to fight a worsening outbreak of bird flu and officials responsible for supplying electricity.
No fewer than 100,000 of the 2.3 million federal employees have agreed to buy-outs or have been fired since Trump took office on January 20
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