Nick Pope writes for the Daily Caller about an interesting revelation involving attacks on Teslas.
A former federal bureaucrat and an executive for a green nonprofit have been arrested and charged for allegedly vandalizing Teslas in Washington, D.C., according to The Washington Post.
Justin Fisher, 49, and his wife, Emily, 50, have been arrested and respectively charged with eight and five counts of defacing private property in connection to their alleged vandalism of Tesla vehicles in and around the capital’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, according to the Post. Justin Fisher formerly worked for the Government Accountability Office, a nominally nonpartisan agency in the legislative branch, and Emily Fisher was listed the Smart Electric Power Alliance’s chief strategy officer, according to the outlet, though she no longer appears to be listed on the organization’s website.
Authorities say that the couple defaced the vehicles by writing anti-Elon Musk slogans and statements on them, with one of the targeted vehicles belonging to an elementary school teacher, according to the Post. Liberals and left-wingers nationwide have protested Tesla and targeted Tesla showrooms with acts of property destruction as Musk has emerged as the face of the Trump administration’s efforts to cut wasteful government spending.
Some of the messages that the Fishers allegedly scrawled on the vehicles include things like “Go Doge I support Musk killing the dept of Education,” “I love Musk and hate the Fed Gov’t” and “Ask me about my support of Nazis,” according to the Post. Most of the vehicles the couple allegedly targeted were located within ten blocks of their residence at the time of the incidents.
Authorities are investigating the vandalism incidents as potential hate crimes, according to the Post. In Washington, D.C., the stiffest penalty for defacing private property is a year in jail and a $5,000 fine, according to the Post.
