- The Tesla CEO on Sunday claimed Democrats were paying people to protest his company in an effort to artificially spark outrage over his efforts to rein in government spending. Hoffman denied it as another smear from a delusional man searching for a scapegoat: "I never funded anyone for Tesla protests."
The image shared on social media spoke volumes: nearly two dozen taxpayer-funded Chicago police officers standing shoulder to shoulder in a line of force guarding the target of protesters’ ire on Saturday: a local Tesla showroom.
