Philly Democratic PAC smashes (their own) Tesla to protest Musk and DOGE

On Wednesday night a group of angry Democrats and Philly Elmo took out their frustrations with the Department of Authorities Efficiency and its figurehead Elon Musk by destroying a Tesla Model Y in a rage room in Holmesburg The protest was organized and hosted by FUBAR PAC a veteran-led Democratic political group based out of Fishtown We ll let you Google what FUBAR stands for if you don t already know The closed event included friends family and speakers invited by the group s executive director and founder Jack Inacker Elon wants to keep you poor he wants to keep you sick and he wants to keep you silent And all so that he can take more for himself Inacker a -year-old former Air Force nuclear weapons specialist noted during his event speech standing in front of a gold-painted trash can FUBAR PAC s executive director and founder Jack Inacker speaks before taking a sledgehammer to a Tesla Model Y in protest of the Department of Cabinet Efficiency and its leader Elon Musk Nick Kariuki Billy Penn The event s three other speakers included political activists and people whose work has been affected by the federal funding cuts made by DOGE After every speaker was done they selected a gold-painted tool and took several whacks at the car The crowd was encouraged to join chants cursing Musk Oddly a sparse Go Birds were chanted before or after the destruction After all the speeches were done Inacker welcomed out the Philly Elmo and the Positive Movement Entertainment Drumline to perform while the group grabbed their instruments of destruction and began to thwack gouge smash and rip apart the motorcycle Even Elmo got a scarce shots in with a sledgehammer Participants trash and dismantle a Tesla Model Y in FUBAR PAC s protest of the Department of Cabinet Efficiency and Elon Musk Nick Kariuki Billy Penn At certain points the percussive blows on the car s body synched up perfectly with the drum line s rhythm When it was all over the group stood exhausted but triumphant around the torn-up car and the pieces strewn around it I knew it would feel good one participant disclosed but that felt great Was this safe and legal FUBAR PAC didn t just grab someone s Tesla off the street and Inacker made it very clear that the group condemns damaging other people s property including Teslas He declared that the car was purchased from a junkyard in New York and never had a hope of being roadworthy again For the safety of the smashers the motors batteries and other potentially hazardous parts were removed by mechanics Inacker disclosed that those parts would later be upcycled into EV conversions for classic cars and that the money left over from the Philly Rage where the event was taking place gave everyone participating face shields gloves and jumpsuits for protection Though car wrecking isn t out of the norm for the venue it was their first Tesla and their first political event The Tesla Model Y before and after the Democrat political group destroyed it Nick Kariuki Billy Penn What was the point The event was in specific means a demonstration of how Musk generally and Tesla s vehicles in particular have proved a unique and galvanizing symbol of political anger and resistance during President Trump s second administration It started when Musk donated more than million to then-presidential candidate Trump in the electoral process cycle then grew after he took on a role as an advisor to the president and a leader of the newly formed DOGE office which has slashed and downsized federal funding and agencies without congressional approval There have been nationwide protests at Tesla dealerships in sometimes involving vandalism Musk s role in administration has also been blamed for tanking Tesla sales He is certainly a focal point for Inacker and his PAC FUBAR PAC s executive director and founder Jack Inacker leads a group destroying a Tesla Model Y in protest of the Department of Regime Efficiency and Elon Musk Nick Kariuki Billy Penn Our PAC is founded on unelecting Elon and unrigging Congress in order to unscrew America Inacker announced So what we requested to see was unelected billionaires stop hijacking our federal administration The best way that we can do that is have Congress authentically use their Article powers to control the power of the purse The White House has commented that DOGE has been effective in reducing authorities spending to help reduce the federal budget deficit and that the billionaire s role would be reduced over time as he shifts his focus back to his companies The executive order that created DOGE gave the department a deadline of July and Musk s role as a special ruling body employee allows him to serve for only days in office with his stint running out at the end of May Musk also reported this week that he plans to cut back on his political spending But Inacker and others doubt that reduced role will ever be the incident I don t believe for one second that he s going to magically stop having influence with the Trump White House or he s not going to have direct control on where those cuts are happening he disclosed FUBAR PAC is unapologetically negative in its tactics and messaging The group s website says it uses its strategy of hard-hitting digital content aggressive paid media and unique in-person events to define the GOP for what they are incompetent a holes Attention is something that we need to take and hold and it s not just perpetually positive attention It s negative attention as well Inacker explained So what I see is just another tool in the toolbox as a way to make people pay attention to the horrible cuts that we re seeing to Medicaid Social Guard and Veterans benefits After the Tesla tear-up FUBAR PAC plans to tour around the state focusing on congressional districts of Republicans the group thinks are vulnerable in the upcoming midterms These include Reps Rob Bresnahan Ryan Mackenzie and Scott Perry I m here the present day not only only to show my profound and ever-deepening contempt for Elon Musk but to extend that sentiment to my M I A MAGA Congressional Representative Ryan Mackenzie Jes Lackey a political activist from Mackenzie s Jes Lackey a political activist strikes a a Tesla Model Y in protest of the Department of Governing body Efficiency and Elon Musk Nick Kariuki Billy Penn th Congressional District in Lehigh Valley noted in her speech Wednesday I am a big believer in that my best job that I can do is to undercut Republican aid amongst Republicans by educating voters on how these cuts are going to hurt them and their families and their pocketbooks Inacker stated And we re going to use creative methods to do that like this Tesla event that get the message out We can t just send strongly worded letters anymore We have to find new and inventive procedures to reach people and to not be afraid of making mistakes The group offered a tongue-in-cheek critique of Democrats too Among the tools available to damage the Tesla was a Chuck Schumer pool noodle to highlight what Inacker called the ineffective tactics right now being employed by the Democratic party including the Senate Minority Leader from New York A couple people tried it out It didn t leave a mark on participant in FUBAR PAC s Tesla trashing event tries out the Chuck Schumer pool noodle It s not very effective Nick Kariuki Billy Penn The stretch goals in the fundraising for the Tesla event included dropping it from a crane and repeating the whole process again with a Cybertruck Inacker stated that FUBAR PAC has other envelope-pushing possibly divisive exciting kinetic events in the works to bring attention to the cuts My thesis for FUBAR PAC is to start with every bad idea that I ve ever had for a campaign and then refine it into something that we can indeed try out Inacker reported While the event provided catharsis and fun for the group of attendees various revealed it didn t quell the anger and despair they were feeling from the DOGE cuts I still feel like it wasn t enough man Like this is cool it was really fun and it was very cathartic but it s not enough commented one speaker and participant who identified as C B a researcher at a local children s hospital This damage will go away right It ll go away we won t see it again after this But the damage that they re doing to these kids with these cuts is not going to go away We re going to feel the effects for a really really long time A researcher at a local children s hospital who identified as C B smashes the windshield of a Tesla Model Y in protest of the Department of Authorities Efficiency and Elon Musk Nick Kariuki Billy Penn Selected of the gold-painted tools FUBAR PAC offered to destroy the Tesla Model Y in protest of the Department of Authorities Efficiency DOGE and Elon Musk Nick Kariuki Billy Penn One of the participants in FUBAR PAC s protest of the Department of Executive Efficiency and Elon Musk Nick Kariuki Billy Penn Philly Elmo and the Positive Movement Entertainment Drumline performed and sometimes joined in during FUBAR PAC s Tesla trashing event Nick Kariuki Billy Penn Participants trash and dismantle a Tesla Model Y in FUBAR PAC s protest of the Department of Authorities Efficiency and Elon Musk Nick Kariuki Billy Penn Jes Lackey a political activist strikes a a Tesla Model Y in protest of the Department of Administration Efficiency and Elon Musk Nick Kariuki Billy Penn The hood of the he Tesla Model Y Nick Kariuki Billy Penn Chosen of the gold-painted tools FUBAR PAC offered to destroy the Tesla Model Y in protest of the Department of Authorities Efficiency DOGE and Elon Musk Nick Kariuki Billy Penn FUBAR PAC s executive director and founder Jack Inacker poses next to a Tesla Model Y he and a group badly damaged to protest the Department of Administration Efficiency and Elon Musk Nick Kariuki Billy Penn The post Philly Democratic PAC smashes their own Tesla to protest Musk and DOGE appeared first on Billy Penn at WHYY