Failed 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz was forced to embarrassingly walk back his unhinged comments about rooting for the death of Tesla Motors after realizing that more than a million Minnesota residents held shares of Elon Musk's technology company through their state-run retirement accounts.
"This guy bugs me in a way that is probably unhealthy. And um, so, but, but I have to be careful about being a smart ass because I was making a joke ... And I said something I probably shouldn't have about a company," Minnesota Gov. Walz told the audience at a town hall event in Rochester, Minnesota, on Saturday.
NEW: Tim Walz says he was totally joking when he celebrated Tesla stock going down, says Elon Musk makes him unhealthy.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg)
The comment came after Walz apparently didn’t realize his own pension plan owns Tesla stock.
“I have to be careful about being a smartass. I was making a… pic.twitter.com/w1QHAYyvco
Last Wednesday, Walz told Democrats at a town hall in Eau Claire, Wisconsin: "I was saying, on my phone, I know some of you know this, on the iPhone. They've got that little stock app. I added Tesla to it to give me a little boost during the day."
He excitedly yelled: "$225 and dropping .
.."Fox News reporter Bill Melugin found that the state of Minnesota had 1.6 million shares of Tesla in its retirement fund and 211,000 shares of Tesla in its non-retirement fund.
As Gov. Walz gloats about Tesla stock dropping, records from the Minnesota State Board of Investment show that as of 6/30/24, the state of Minnesota had 1.6 million shares of Tesla in its retirement fund, and 211,000 shares of Tesla in its non-retirement fund. I've reached out to… https://t.co/W0EA0cPASS pic.twitter.com/r1obVBpfU7
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_)
Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary appeared on CNN NewsNight shortly after and blasted Walz:
Kevin O'Leary nails it on multiple points here:
— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA)
1. Anyone who lights a car on fire should go to jail, no exceptions
2. Tim Walz is a moron because Minnesota's pension plan is backed by Tesla stock pic.twitter.com/x5bEBgIGov
Perhaps other lawmakers in states controlled by far-left politicians who wish death on Tesla should first check whether their state's retirement funds hold Tesla stock before attacking the most American-made car company
Meanwhile, leftists have been firebombing Tesla showrooms, service centers, and Supercharger networks as the party aligned with socialism and Marxism implodes into chaos, unleashing revolutionary-style violence against Musk's Tesla.
DEVELOPING: Video provided to the Review-Journal shows several @Tesla vehicles engulfed in flames after Las Vegas police say they were set on fire by an individual early Tuesday morning.
— Las Vegas Review-Journal (@reviewjournal)
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At the same time, the Trump administration is racing against the clock to dismantle the command-and-control centers of rogue NGOs plotting a multi-city assault on Tesla.