34 Cybertrucks Vandalized With Anti-Musk Graffiti in Florida

At slightest 34 Cybertrucks being stored successful an unfastened parking batch successful Florida were vandalized with a spray-painted connection that work “Fuck Elon” past week, according to section TV quality outlet successful Fort Lauderdale. Footage of the vandalism went viral connected societal media implicit the play and it’s conscionable the latest motion that Musk’s Cybertruck is inspiring, shall we say, beardown reactions among the American public.

Video posted by the Florida-based Instagram relationship Only successful Dade shows enactment aft enactment of the Cybertrucks, each with “Fuck Elon” connected the hood. Some of the vehicles’ broadside doors besides had the aforesaid graffiti. It’s unclear who vandalized the cars.

The parking batch was precocious leased by Tesla, according to NBC 6 successful South Florida and determination are nary disposable signs of immoderate security, specified arsenic gates oregon barriers that would’ve prevented casual entree to the Cybertrucks. Most of the vandalized vehicles had already been cleaned up oregon taken distant erstwhile a newsman for NBC 6 visited the batch precocious Friday, according to the TV station.

Why would anyone bash this? It’s intolerable to find a motive without knowing who whitethorn person done it, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk has go a lightning rod for contention successful caller years. Musk was mostly seen arsenic a possibly apolitical tech manufacture person erstwhile helium archetypal became known to the broader nationalist successful the aboriginal 2010s, but has spent the archetypal fractional of the 2020s revealing helium holds galore far-right beliefs.

Musk claims helium voted for a Republican for the first clip successful 2022 and has spent caller years boosting racists and extremists connected Twitter aft buying the societal media level successful precocious 2022. The billionaire has endorsed the “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory, spread racist ideas against immigrants to the U.S. and infamously supported Dilbert creator Scott Adams aft the cartoonist advocated for racial segregation.

Just past week, Musk replied with an exclamation constituent erstwhile a far-right Twitter relationship made racist claims astir Black people being much prone to unit successful the U.S. The claims were untrue, of course, but immoderate clip Musk interacts with an account, adjacent with a elemental exclamation point, it helps boost the tweet’s visibility.

Tesla, which alternatively famously abolished its media relations department, didn’t respond to an email connected Monday seeking comment. We’ll update this station successful the improbable lawsuit that we perceive thing back.