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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Democratic Senator Mark Kelly to let go of his Tesla over Musk’s federal cuts

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Mark Kelly at the capitol in Washington DC on 12 March 2025. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters

The Arizona Democratic senator Mark Kelly announced he was ditching his Tesla car, because of brand owner Elon Musk’s role in slashing federal budgets and staffing and attendant threats to social benefits programs.

“Every time I get in this car in the last 60 days or so, it reminds me of just how much damage Elon Musk and Donald Trump is doing to our country,” Kelly said, in video posted to X, the social media platform owned by Musk.

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