Tim Walz told a crowd that watching Tesla stock drop gives him a boost during his day.

“They’ve got that little stock app. I added Tesla to it to give me a little boost during the day,” Walz said.

“225 and dropping,” he exclaimed.

“And if you own one, we’re not blaming you. You can take dental floss, and pull the Tesla thing off you know,” Walz continued.

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“Sometimes when I need a little boost, I look at the @JDVance portrait in the @WhiteHouse and thank the Lord,” Elon Musk responded.

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Per Forbes:

Tesla stock is the leader of a down 2025 thus far for the stock market, as its 44% year-to-date slide through Tuesday made it the 500th-best-returning stock listed on the S&P 500 benchmark index. Shares of Tesla surged as much as 90% in the weeks after Trump won the election, but they now trade about 7% below what they did on Election Day. Though Tesla is joined by its big tech peers like Apple and Google as stock market laggards, Tesla’s losses tie largely back to the public’s increasingly polarized view of Musk, according to several analysts. Numerous Wall Street firms have downgraded their forecasts for Tesla sales this year, citing significant sales declines in regions in which Musk has been outspoken in right-wing politics, like Germany, where Tesla’s February sales declined 76% year-over-year. Tesla’s brand issues have “grown more acute since Mr. Musk stepped into a more divisive new role in government,” JPMorgan analyst Ryan Brinkman wrote to clients last week, referring to Musk’s position as the newly created head of the Department of Government Efficiency, the commission largely leading Trump’s efforts to downsize the federal government footprint. Tesla showrooms have been the site of protests nationally, and Musk derided a Las Vegas incident in which multiple Teslas were set on fire as domestic terrorism. “Tesla just makes electric cars and has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks,” Musk wrote Tuesday.

“I think that’s quite sad—but I think Governor Walz, unfortunately, is living a sad existence after his devastating defeat on November 5th,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in response to a video of the town hall, called Walz a “small, petty, vindictive, evil b**tard” that “represents today’s Democrats well.”

“Democrats are CHEERING for American companies to fail. Disgusting behavior,” the House Judiciary Committee wrote.

Walz’s comments come amid a series of vandalism against Tesla vehicles and facilities across the country, most recently in Las Vegas, where an FBI investigation was launched after several of the electric vehicles were set on fire.

The crime is under investigation by Attorney General Pam Bondi, who said Tuesday that the attacks are “nothing short of domestic terrorism” and that the Department of Justice (DOJ) “has already charged several perpetrators.”

Tim Walz also faced criticism for boasting violent rhetoric against those who disagree with him on political issues.

Walz made the remarks on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s podcast.

The Democratic governors discussed potential strategies to win back voters after a humiliating defeat in 2024.

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“We cannot continue to be on the defense reacting to this,” Newsom said.

“We’ve got to go on the offense. We got to meet people where they are,” he continued.

“You got to respect people you disagree with,” Newsom stated.

“You can’t just dismiss people,” he added.

“How do you fight it?” Walz blurted.

“I think I could kick most of their a**,” the Minnesota governor exclaimed.

“I do think that,” he added.

“But I don’t know, if we’re going to fall into that place where we want to, okay, we challenge you to a, you know, a WWE fight here type of thing,” Walz continued.

Newsom laughed off Walz’s comments.

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Tim Walz: “I Think I Could Kick Most Of Their A**”

 

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