Patrick George

Long before he owned Twitter, he was one of the central figures on Twitter and really used Twitter to get around traditional media and get around press releases and events and things like that to reach that audience directly and build up a following directly. And you said the phrase meme stock earlier. We hear that quite a bit now. And it's like, okay...

Long before he owned Twitter, he was one of the central figures on Twitter and really used Twitter to get around traditional media and get around press releases and events and things like that to reach that audience directly and build up a following directly. And you said the phrase meme stock earlier. We hear that quite a bit now. And it's like, okay...

Long before he owned Twitter, he was one of the central figures on Twitter and really used Twitter to get around traditional media and get around press releases and events and things like that to reach that audience directly and build up a following directly. And you said the phrase meme stock earlier. We hear that quite a bit now. And it's like, okay...

Ich glaube, diese Protestmovement ist extrem faszinierend. Ich war in der Bay Area letztens und ich war überrascht. Eine Person, die ich besucht habe, hat früher einen Tesla gewohnt.

Ich glaube, diese Protestmovement ist extrem faszinierend. Ich war in der Bay Area letztens und ich war überrascht. Eine Person, die ich besucht habe, hat früher einen Tesla gewohnt.

Ich glaube, diese Protestmovement ist extrem faszinierend. Ich war in der Bay Area letztens und ich war überrascht. Eine Person, die ich besucht habe, hat früher einen Tesla gewohnt.

I actually do think that the backlash against Tesla is the biggest crisis it's ever faced. Bigger than, you know, when it was a tiny startup trying to get its first real car out in 08, when the world was crashing. Bigger than when COVID happened and it had to shut down its factories. I think this is the biggest crisis it has ever faced as a company.

I actually do think that the backlash against Tesla is the biggest crisis it's ever faced. Bigger than, you know, when it was a tiny startup trying to get its first real car out in 08, when the world was crashing. Bigger than when COVID happened and it had to shut down its factories. I think this is the biggest crisis it has ever faced as a company.

I actually do think that the backlash against Tesla is the biggest crisis it's ever faced. Bigger than, you know, when it was a tiny startup trying to get its first real car out in 08, when the world was crashing. Bigger than when COVID happened and it had to shut down its factories. I think this is the biggest crisis it has ever faced as a company.

And you said at the beginning of our chat, Charlie, you said the word polarizing, right? And Tesla's interesting because it's always been a polarizing brand. Like, when it was embraced by liberals and Californians and the Hollywood crowd, you know, like the rest of America, hey, oh, you have a Tesla, you're so smug, you're saving the world, huh? And now it's kind of flipped on its head, right?

And you said at the beginning of our chat, Charlie, you said the word polarizing, right? And Tesla's interesting because it's always been a polarizing brand. Like, when it was embraced by liberals and Californians and the Hollywood crowd, you know, like the rest of America, hey, oh, you have a Tesla, you're so smug, you're saving the world, huh? And now it's kind of flipped on its head, right?

And you said at the beginning of our chat, Charlie, you said the word polarizing, right? And Tesla's interesting because it's always been a polarizing brand. Like, when it was embraced by liberals and Californians and the Hollywood crowd, you know, like the rest of America, hey, oh, you have a Tesla, you're so smug, you're saving the world, huh? And now it's kind of flipped on its head, right?

Now you have all of these folks in California who are trying and kind of everywhere. They're trying to get rid of their Tesla's like Democratic leaning, progressive leaning, even center leaning people who are done with the brand because of Elon, because of Doge. Meanwhile, you have Fox News defending him left and right, saying that he's an American hero who must be protected at all costs.

Now you have all of these folks in California who are trying and kind of everywhere. They're trying to get rid of their Tesla's like Democratic leaning, progressive leaning, even center leaning people who are done with the brand because of Elon, because of Doge. Meanwhile, you have Fox News defending him left and right, saying that he's an American hero who must be protected at all costs.

Now you have all of these folks in California who are trying and kind of everywhere. They're trying to get rid of their Tesla's like Democratic leaning, progressive leaning, even center leaning people who are done with the brand because of Elon, because of Doge. Meanwhile, you have Fox News defending him left and right, saying that he's an American hero who must be protected at all costs.

And, you know, Pam Bondi saying she's going to stick up for him. I mean, what a bizarre reversal this is. And at the same time, there is no evidence that we have seen that buyers in red states, more conservative leaning folks, are going to be flocking to Teslas en masse.

And, you know, Pam Bondi saying she's going to stick up for him. I mean, what a bizarre reversal this is. And at the same time, there is no evidence that we have seen that buyers in red states, more conservative leaning folks, are going to be flocking to Teslas en masse.

And, you know, Pam Bondi saying she's going to stick up for him. I mean, what a bizarre reversal this is. And at the same time, there is no evidence that we have seen that buyers in red states, more conservative leaning folks, are going to be flocking to Teslas en masse.

Like, I don't want to stereotype here, but there are many, many studies and data points that we've reported on over the years that show that conservative leaning voters are more skeptical of electric vehicles than liberal leaning folks are. And that's a climate change thing. And it's also just like how they've been trained to view EVs over the years. So it's like, are you for EVs or not?

Like, I don't want to stereotype here, but there are many, many studies and data points that we've reported on over the years that show that conservative leaning voters are more skeptical of electric vehicles than liberal leaning folks are. And that's a climate change thing. And it's also just like how they've been trained to view EVs over the years. So it's like, are you for EVs or not?