Tesla Attacks, DOGE, & Government Waste with Senator Marsha Blackburn | 3.29.25
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What are the recent attacks against Tesla?
Amid a wave of protests and vandalism targeting Tesla and Doge, Republicans in the Senate are working to protect Tesla owners and make permanent the cost-cutting measures being carried out by President Trump.
In this episode, we sit down with Senator Marsha Blackburn to discuss how her colleagues in the Senate plan to fortify Trump's efforts to shrink the federal government. I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Saturday, March 29th, and this is a weekend edition of Morning Wire.
Who is Senator Marsha Blackburn and what is her stance on Tesla attacks?
Joining us now to discuss the targeting of Tesla and the broader mission of Doge is Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. Senator, first of all, thank you so much for coming on. Sure. I wanted to start by asking you about Tesla. Recently, there have been a lot of left-wing violence against those cars. It's been rather shocking. We've seen legacy media seem to almost promote this at times. Some key personalities directly promote this, in fact. What action is Congress and specifically the Senate taking here?
What measures are being proposed in the Senate to combat violence against Tesla?
Yes, we will take up my resolution, which condemns these attacks against Tesla. It should be on the floor of the Senate on Thursday. And what this resolution does is to say that the Senate stands against these horrific attacks of violence, destruction, domestic terrorism against Tesla. electric car owners, charging stations, dealerships, maintenance facilities, and condemn this. And we are hopeful that we will get all of our Senate members, Democrats and Republicans, standing in support of this.
Why is the resolution against Tesla attacks important for both parties?
Now, the term domestic terrorism carries a lot of weight here. Is this an attempt to basically force the Democrats to go on the record on this issue? Is there a reason you feel that that is, in fact, necessary?
I think it is stunning that we are seeing this take place and that Democratic leadership is not standing up and calling out these acts of domestic terrorism. We have lived through four years where every time you turned around, they were talking about domestic terrorism. They were calling parents. that went to school board meetings, domestic terrorists. They were calling individuals that would stand across the street from a Planned Parenthood and pray for the women and the unborn children, and they would call that domestic terrorism. And now we are going through this where they're actually firebombing and shooting up Tesla dealerships. They are destroying the cars of Tesla owners. They are stopping people in the middle of the streets that are driving a Tesla and are condemning them for owning those vehicles. And nothing is being said. So we think it's appropriate. that we have the resolution and we give them the opportunity. Members of the U.S.
Senate from each party and the couple of independents that we have, give them the opportunity to stand up and say, we condemn these attacks.
Now, we've seen some reports, and Elon Musk has highlighted some of these, that this is a very organized protest effort and also has some big money behind it. Do you have any specific information on that?
Is there evidence of organized efforts against Tesla and its connection to political motives?
What we have read and what we've heard is that this is something that is quite organized. We know that they are planning for a global day of action against Tesla. And I think it really is quite remarkable when you look at their excuse for doing this. I mean, maybe this is a group of people that just want to go rave on and complain about everything. But what we hear is that they are doing this because of their hatred for Donald Trump and their disdain for Elon Musk and his role in setting up the Department of Government Efficiency. And what we know that the Doge efforts are yielding because this is a partnership between Doge and the Doge caucuses in the House and the Senate. And then also the secretaries of the various departments.
How is DOGE contributing to government waste reduction?
We are trying to root out all, all waste, fraud, and abuse that is happening to the taxpayer dollars that are going in to fund and support a federal government structure. It is inappropriate that that fraud would be allowed to continue to exist or that waste would be tolerated. So it is good stewardship of the taxpayer's dollar to root that out.
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Chapters
6 chapters
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What are the recent attacks against Tesla?
0:03–0:35
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Who is Senator Marsha Blackburn and what is her stance on Tesla attacks?
0:35–1:03
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What measures are being proposed in the Senate to combat violence against Tesla?
1:03–1:46
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Why is the resolution against Tesla attacks important for both parties?
1:46–3:34
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Is there evidence of organized efforts against Tesla and its connection to political motives?
3:34–4:31
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How is DOGE contributing to government waste reduction?
4:31–10:19
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