MSNBC is now downplaying violent attacks by describing them as “protests” – kind of like how they described violent Black Lives Matter “protests” huh?
On Tuesday, MSNBC host Alicia Menendez said during the broadcast of “MSNBC Prime” that acts of violence against Tesla dealers and owners are just acts of “protest.”
Trending Politics reports:
Menendez and her guest panelists were discussing President Trump’s meeting with Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, on the White House south lawn on Tuesday. The meeting was called after a number of Tesla dealerships across the nation have been vandalized and destroyed, at times through gunfire and explosives, while Tesla owners have been attacked and targeted in acts of political violence in response to Musk’s role in the Trump Administration.
In response, Trump bought a red Tesla to show support for Musk, telling reporters that acts of violence absolutely will not be tolerated.
“Those people are going to go through a big problem when we catch them. We’ve got a lot of cameras up, we already know who some of them are. We’re going to catch them. And they’re bad guys. They’re the same guys that screw around with our schools and universities, the same garbage,” Trump said. “And, no, we’re going to catch them. And let me tell you, you do it to Tesla, and you do it to any company, we’re going to catch you and you’re going to go through hell.”
During Tuesday’s broadcast of “MSNBC Prime” — which has been touted by network executives as a vehicle to reserve declining ratings — Menendez falsely claimed that the Trump Administration is labeling acts of protest against Tesla as “terrorism.”
“So just to be clear, you protest a private company, you are labeled by this administration, a domestic terrorist,” Menendez said in a blatant misrepresentation of the president’s comments.
Acts of political violence targeting Tesla dealers and owners have indeed been on the rise as Musk has taken a prominent role in the Trump Administration through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative.
On Sunday, four Tesla vehicles in Seattle were vandalized and set on fire. Some of the vandalism included anti-Musk slogans and Swastikas.