Tennessee Republicans made gestures in support of Elon Musk and his electric vehicle company Tesla on Saturday as organized protests over the billionaire’s efforts within President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) occurred throughout the Volunteer State.
Protesters descended on Tesla showroom in Franklin, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Bartlett on Saturday as part of a “Tesla Takedown” organized by Indivisible Tennessee, which describes itself as individual cells “brought together by a practical guide to resist the Trump agenda.” The progressive nonprofit claims its members will take “regular, iterative, and increasingly complex actions” to resist Trump and his agenda.
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