Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses Rep. Jasmine Crockett of ‘terrorism’ for participating in online Tesla Takedown event

MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has accused Rep. Jasmine Crockett of orchestrating “political unit and terrorism” and has made her concerns known to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel.

“A Member of Congress is organizing governmental unit and terrorism,” the arguable Georgia congresswoman wrote connected X Thursday successful effect to a unrecorded watercourse titled TeslaTakedown.

The watercourse included respective speakers connected Wednesday, including Crockett, who discussed plans for non-violent governmental protests against Elon Musk’s billion-dollar Tesla enterprise.

Attacks against Tesla vehicles person been escalating since President Donald Trump’s triumph successful the 2024 election. Musk aligned himself with the MAGA question during the run way and has go a cardinal fig successful the administration.

Crockett said successful the livestream that she “was genuinely present for precise selfish reasons.”

“On March 29, it’s my birthday, and each I privation to spot hap connected my day is for Elon to beryllium taken down – yes!” she said.

The Democrat said that everything she promoted was non-violent but underscored that it was important “to basal for state successful this state and for the constitution.”

“The champion mode to amusement that we are American is by utilizing our law rights and deciding we are going to prosecute successful protests,” she explained.

Taylor Greene antecedently verbally fought Crockett during a heated committee spat successful 2024. Their pursuing interactions, some online and successful person, often erupt into fiery debates.

The Tesla Takedown Movement, which declares itself a “peaceful protest,” has pledged that Americans scrap and merchantability their Tesla cars and dump immoderate stocks and shares they whitethorn person successful Tesla Inc. successful a bid to rally against the world’s richest man.

Taylor Greene’s comments frankincense look to drill location Trump’s connection that immoderate Tesla insurgents, and adjacent those who person simply declared their disdain for Musk, were besides deserving of the “terrorist” label.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced separately connected Thursday that the Justice Department would bring “severe” charges against 3 individuals accused of targeting Teslas with arson attacks, pursuing Trump’s vow to clamp down connected specified incidents arsenic “domestic terrorism.”

For his part, Musk has been courting contention since helium gave a bizarre salute astatine a Trump triumph shot connected Inauguration Day and precocious reposted a connection connected societal media that read: “Hitler didn’t execution millions of people. Public assemblage employees did.”

Trump has besides made galore efforts to support his Musk’s endeavor by stepping into the modern computerized conveyance extracurricular of the White House and making galore threats to punish the “sick violent thugs” successful a Truth Social station aboriginal Friday.

The President added that those recovered blameworthy would beryllium slapped with a 20-year jailhouse condemnation and typed a stark connection a time earlier connected Truth Social that boldly read: “WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!!!”

The Independent contacted Tesla and Marjorie Taylor Greene for comment.