Elon Musk 'deserves all the accolades that you can give him,' NFL legend Brett Favre says

NFL fable Brett Favre expressed enactment for Elon Musk connected Monday arsenic the billionaire has taken the pb connected the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) amid attacks connected Tesla dealerships.

The erstwhile Green Bay Packers prima appeared connected OutKick’s "The Ricky Cobb Show" and called the images of Teslas going up successful flames and being vandalized "frightening."

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Packers backmost Brett Favre looks to propulsion the shot against the Chicago Bears, Sept. 10, 2006 astatine Lambeau Field successful Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Mark Hoffman/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Favre contrasted however Musk was perceived erstwhile helium was a Democrat versus present arsenic he’s go a elder advisor to President Donald Trump. 

"Elon Musk, respective years agone was a Democrat," Favre said. "They loved him. He was the astir superb inventor, smartest feline ever, richest antheral successful the world, helium was connected the pedestal. Now he’s moving for escaped and trying to marque this state better. Does helium request it? Does helium request to bash that? If you privation to alert disconnected into the sunset, bargain respective islands and ne'er beryllium heard from again, helium tin bash that. And the aforesaid tin beryllium said for Trump.

"And so, this guy’s doing it due to the fact that helium loves this state and radical are hating him for that. I hatred it for Elon but I cognize he’s going to beryllium OK. He’s a batch smarter than each of america and he’s beauteous resilient. Anyone who is consenting to bash what helium is doing for this country, deserves each the accolades that you tin springiness him, not the antagonistic backlash."

Elon Musk's Tesla showroom locations person faced repeated protests implicit his relation successful DOGE. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

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What began arsenic protests against Musk and DOGE person escalated into convulsive incidents against the Trump ally's company, including shots fired astatine a building, destroyed dealership windows and charging stations acceptable connected fire. 

The emergence successful incidents has caused the FBI to motorboat a task unit to ace down connected Tesla crime, and the Justice Department to denote charges against arson suspects with Attorney General Pam Bondi labeling the attacks "domestic terrorism."

Elon Musk walks to the White House aft landing successful Marine One connected the South Lawn with President Donald Trump connected March 9, 2025. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

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"I conscionable deliberation that the left, successful this lawsuit and successful a batch of cases, is precise evil. To adjacent remotely onslaught this feline the mode they person is perfectly crazy," Favre added.

Fox News’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.

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