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Protesters gathered at Tesla dealerships throughout Washington and dozens of other locations across the U.S. on Saturday in a coordinated protest against CEO Elon Musk’s involvement in the federal government.
Immediately after 10 a.m., hundreds of people chanted at the Tesla showroom in Seattle’s University Village. Police blocked vehicle traffic near the showroom, which is in the popular outdoor shopping mall.
Only a few months ago, Elon Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, was the pride of the so-called elite progressives. Now they're trying to destroy him and destroy his companies.
Why?
The simple answer is "Trump." But there's more.
Be informed, not misled.
The Seattle Times reported this weekend, "Protesters gathered at Tesla dealerships throughout Washington and dozens of other locations across the U.S. on Saturday in a coordinated protest against CEO Elon Musk’s involvement in the federal government."
"Dump Musk, dump Trump, give our country back to us,” chanted protesters at University Village, many wearing costumes and carrying signs. They continued, as cars honked in support: “No Musk, no KKK, no fascist USA.”
Ironically, these people in Seattle and elsewhere who are demanding that Trump and Musk "give our country back" are so indoctrinated that they don't know the difference between right and wrong- illusion and reality.
They have had "their country back" for the past four years, which is why our country is in the position it is in now.
They simply cannot face the truth about anything, including the state of our country.
America is headed toward bankruptcy. Insolvency. Sooner rather than later, if we continue as we are.
Electric vehicles, once embraced by the left, have become a political flashpoint for Musk, who has drawn criticism for sweeping cuts to the federal government. He is a special adviser to President Donald Trump and the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
In December, the Times noted that for some, "Tesla had changed from a brand associated with climate action and disruptive innovation to something that was much more divisive and representing a very specific viewpoint around right-wing politics.”
So, do we now punish those who hold a different view than the Leftist, so-called progressive, Marxist view?
This is why the Democrat Party is in freefall. They have no agenda other than hating President Trump so much that they want to destroy his presidency and anyone associated with him.
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Seattle, an outspoken opponent of Trump, encouraged attendees to continue protesting despite their feelings of hopelessness.
The Bible says, "Without a vision, people perish."
The secular Left "progressives" have no vision for America beyond their obsession with amassing personal wealth and personal power. The Left is perishing.
In this case, Elon Musk was once one of them, until he took a closer look at what they were doing to the country.
The older, mostly white protestors last Saturday, are misled.
“The Constitution is being undermined and our rights are being taken away,” said McDougal-Treacy, a Seattle resident. “People are being arrested for free speech. The oligarchs are taking over.“
One of the protestors was Seattle resident Patrick McKee, 71. According to the Times, he came to protest in hopes of persuading people to stop buying Teslas and speak out against Musk.
“(I’m here) today to push back on Elon Musk,” he said. “He’s unelected. He’s the richest guy in the world, and he’s taken it on himself to sort of gut my country. So I’m here to say, ‘No, you can’t do that.’”
Is President Trump, Musk, and the people working with him really trying to "gut the country?"
Last Thursday evening, Elon Musk and some of his Department of Government Efficiency team sat for an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier on “Special Report.” The team includes a former rocket scientist, a Houstonian who ran five successful businesses, and the billionaire co-founder of Airbnb.
Musk said he thinks the team can cut the federal deficit by $1 trillion within 130 days. He and the other DOGE engineers gave some eye-popping examples of how scam-ridden federal programs have become.
Our American government has become a cesspool of corruption.
Here are a few examples of what the Left is fighting to sustain :
A Nearly $1 Billion Survey for No Reason
Musk told Baier the federal government was paying nearly $1 billion for an online national parks survey that resulted in no changes or other outcomes as a result of giving the survey. He said the survey should have cost $10,000.
"The sheer amount of waste and fraud in the government. It is astonishing,” Musk said, noting that his team “routinely” finds wasteful billion-dollar payments.
15 Million Fraudulent Social Security Numbers
DOGE’s Steve Davis told Baier that more than 15 million Social Security numbers are older than 120 yet marked in the system as “alive.” Musk noted that the oldest living American is 114, meaning those 15 million Social Security numbers are used for fraud.
9-Month Wait to Retire Via Paperwork Filed Underground
Airbnb billionaire Joe Gebbia described a “giant cave” with 22,000 filing cabinets housing 400 million pieces of paper. As Musk noted, this is the federal government’s antiquated retirement system, which can require six to nine months of processing time for a federal worker to retire. Gebbia expressed astonishment that the 1950s process wasn’t digitized by now.
700 Different IT Systems at Just One Federal Agency
Musk and DOGE's Brad Smith said the National Institute of Health has more than 700 different IT software systems that don’t talk to each other. They are overseen by 27 different chief information officers, most of whom aren’t technicians.
Former Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong noted that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has some 40 separate communications offices, “and that’s not unusual.”
Armstrong said that the IRS has 1,400 people whose entire job is to supply IRS hires with a company laptop and phone. If these employees merely supply two IRS employees per day, they could resupply the entire IRS with brand new phones and laptops nearly every month, he noted: “That doesn’t make any sense.”
Clearly, at least 1,000 of those employees are duplicative.
$600 Million in Federal Loans to Children and Dead People
The federal government had on its books $300 million in small business loans to people under the age of 11 and more than $300 million to people older than 120, Musk and Davis said. “We should not be giving out loans to babies,” Musk said.
Obviously, he said, such loans are fraudulent. Scammers steal a child’s Social Security number to obtain a loan, destroying the child’s credit for his entire life and stealing from Americans. Scammers also use their fraudulently obtained SSNs to obtain disability and unemployment payments from taxpayers.
Takeaway
I repeat, this is what the Left is fighting to protect- a status quo of corruption that is destroying our country.
Proverbs 16:12 ESV says, "It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness."
Proverbs 29:12 ESV says, "If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked."
Thomas Jefferson said, "When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil."
Be Informed. Be Discerning. Be Vigilant. Be Bold. Be Engaged. Be Prayerful.
