Watch: 'The Daily Show' celebrates destructive, violent anti-Musk protests as audience cheers
By newseditors // 2025-03-23
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It’s hardly surprising to see one of the rotating hosts of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” taking cheap shots at the Trump administration or conservatives in general. (Article by Russell Bartlett republished from WLTReport.com) But even by its already low standards, one recent segment has been criticized as dangerously divisive. Not only did Jordan Klepper attempt to make a case for often violent protests that have led to the destruction of Teslas, charging stations, and dealerships in recent weeks, but the live studio audience was clearly eating it up, as evidence by their raucous applause. As Breitbart reported:

Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host Jordan Klepper laughed while his audience repeatedly cheered at fiery footage of Tesla dealerships, Teslas, and charging stations being bombed and vandalized by left-wing radicals lashing out in response to Elon Musk’s mission to root our fraud and waste in government under President Donald Trump.

“I don’t think people are mad at you because of the Teslas, Elon,” Klepper said before listing a series of purported moves made by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “If I were to hazard a guess about why they’d be mad it might be because in the last several weeks you fired tens of thousands of federal workers, you made cuts to veterans care, lifesaving foreign aid, and food banks, you cancelled important medical research… Yeah, people might get a little upset if you stop their medical trial halfway through them.” Klepper said some people have left “helpful messages,” before cutting to vandalized Tesla and dealerships with swastikas and “Nazi scum” spray painted on them. “Maybe people are mad at you because you don’t seem to know what the [expletive] you’re doing!” he said.
Of course, for the many Americans impacted — from Tesla owners to stockholders to law enforcement — by the ongoing riots, it’s definitely not a laughing matter: Here’s a transcript of the post above:
Over the next few days you’re going to see an organized progressional protest effort at Tesla stores put together by a group called Indivisible. George Soros foundation has given Indivisible nearly $8 million dollars for their “activism”. They’re calling these “Tesla takedown” events and they’re doing it in the midst of a domestic terror spree targeting Tesla and Tesla owners. They have these planned across the entire country. These images are just six examples. How can this not be seen as encouraging more violence and terrorism? I personally think that any violence occurring near locations they’ve chosen should result in Soros, his foundation, Indivisible and their founders being held criminally accountable as co-conspirators. The indivisible founders are Ezra Levin and his wife Leah Greenberg. They became “resistance” figures during Trump’s first term and their work is celebrated by elected Democrats. So yeah, it’s clear to me that the Democrats and their typical thugs are organizing this insanity. There’s reportedly even a form protest leaders can fill out to receive “reimbursement” payments for their protests.
Attorney General Pam Bondi had some tough talk for the suspected ringleaders of such demonstrations, per Fox News:

“The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended,” Bondi said Thursday. “Let this be a warning: if you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars.”

All three face charges carrying a minimum penalty of five years and up to 20 years in prison, the department said. Adam Matthew Lansky, 41, on Jan. 20, threw approximately eight Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership located in Salem, Oregon, federal prosecutors said. One vehicle was completely destroyed, and several others were damaged. Lansky also threw a “large heavy object through the dealership window,” they said. At the time of the attack, he was armed with a suppressed AR-15 rifle. Lucy Grace Nelson, also known as Justin Thomas Nelson, 42, was arrested in Loveland, Colorado on Jan. 29 after attempting to light Teslas on fire with Molotov cocktails, prosecutors said. Nelson was later found in possession of materials used to produce additional incendiary weapons, including a container of gasoline, bottles, and wick materials, on Feb. 24, prosecutors said. In Charleston, South Carolina, Daniel Clarke-Pounder, 24, allegedly wrote profane messages against President Donald Trump and advocated for Ukraine around Tesla charging stations before lighting three of the charging stations on fire with Molotov cocktails on March 7.
Here’s a clip from the recent episode of “The Daily Show”: Read more at: WLTReport.com
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