Tesla's Elon Musk Rails Against Government Coronavirus Mandates

Elon Musk summed up his feeling and “outrage” about the government-mandated U.S. coronavirus closings and restrictions every American is dealing with as “fascist” during a cuss-filled rant on the company’s earnings call Wednesday evening.

“The extent of shelter in place or frankly what I would call it forcibly imprisoning people in their homes is against all their constitutional rights…and erasing peoples freedoms in ways that are horrible and wrong and not why people came to America or built this country, what the f–k,” Musk lamented before excusing himself for the curse. “It will cause great harm not just to Tesla but to many companies and while Tesla will weather the storm, there are many small companies that will not” he warned. “Everything that people worked for their whole life is being destroyed in real-time.”

An order in the six-county San Francisco Bay Area, where the carmaker conducts the bulk of its production, forced Tesla to close that plant starting March 23 to help prevent the virus’s spread, and it was extended until the end of May. . .

FREE AMERICA NOW

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 29, 2020

That prompted Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn to fire off her own rebuttal bashing the billionaire.

Billionaires want to continue profiting off your labor even if it means risking millions of lives.

They call this "freedom." pic.twitter.com/9rRKeHDh4m

— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) April 29, 2020