Arlington VA—Local grassroots organizers stepped up actions on Saturday for the second weekend outside Elon Musk’s Tesla electric vehicle dealerships in hopes of spurring a boycott against the company. At least four dealerships were targeted in the region as fury rose against the mega-billionaire and world’s richest man. The protests were part of a national effort by many grassroots groups.
Local dealerships of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (DC-MD-VA) at Georgetown, Washington DC; Rockville, Maryland; Tysons Corner and Arlington, Virginia were among those sites of the weekend protests. The protesters stood on sidewalks outside the dealerships holding signs and encouraging passing motorists to boycott the electric vehicle car company. Many motorists passed blowing their horns in support of the protesters.
The community is responding to Elon Musk’s corporate raider styled takeovers and shutdowns of government agencies and firings of tens of thousands of Federal employees. Many joining the protests in this region are Federal workers or former government workers worried about the future of government operations. Some are citizens concerned with their government and services that will be delayed or eliminated altogether.
At stake are the careers and futures of millions of Federal workers, the regional economy of the DC-MD-VA region, and the economies of other regions employing Federal workers. But also at stake and more importantly, is whether the function of Federal government agencies will remain sustainable or whether they will be subsumed and eliminated by the Trump-Musk regime. The Trump-Musk regime has not published, at least publicly, any plan of how or with what they will replace the many services Federal employees provide to the country.
So the protests are aimed at making Musk feel a bit of the economic pain he is causing others. Most of his wealth is tied up in his Tesla EV car company. His net wealth was $403 billion at the end of 2024, making him the wealthiest person who ever lived, but his wealth began slipping after the inauguration and his ascendancy to silent partner in the Oval office.
The price of his Tesla stock was $422.60 per share one month ago but had crashed by $80.20 to $337.80 or by 19.3% as of Friday, February 21.
Elon Musk has also paid no taxes in the many years the company has been in business.
