If vandalism, arson, and domestic terrorism were your idea of a good laugh, then you would have got a kick out of The Daily Show Sunday. On his CNN show Smerconish on Monday morning, Michael Smerconish defied the media’s obsessive demonization of Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and called attention to how the anti-Musk fixation had, in some cases, turned outright criminal, and some of the media, far from condemning it, actually seemed to revel in it.
“Hey, have you heard?” Smerconish opened, “The Tesla car has a new option: flaming or non-flaming.” He explained:
Not to make light of a serious issue. It's just that an innocent electric car, once the symbol of proud progressives trying to save the planet, has become the focus of misplaced hate. The fight that they've got is with Tesla Motors owner Elon Musk…As one Instagram post has it, “let's send these technofascists, broligarchs and old fashioned Nazis a message loud and clear.” Harsh words, if only it remained just words. Unfortunately, some anti-Muskers believe actions speak louder, and so… people are attacking Teslas. They've defaced them, they've shot at them, they've even thrown Molotov cocktails at them, proving that gasoline and Teslas don't mix.