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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 285 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Condemning the wave of domestic terrorism attacks targeting Tesla cars |
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| 6 | 6 | | and dealerships. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL1, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | OEBERT(for herself, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. OGLES, Mr. STEUBE, Ms. MACE, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. B |
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| 12 | 12 | | IGGSof Arizona, Mr. GILLof Texas, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, Mr. |
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| 14 | 14 | | ONALDS, and Mrs. LUNA) submitted the following resolution; which was |
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| 15 | 15 | | referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 16 | 16 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 17 | 17 | | Condemning the wave of domestic terrorism attacks targeting |
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| 18 | 18 | | Tesla cars and dealerships. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Whereas members of the Democratic Party have made calls |
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| 20 | 20 | | for their supporters to incite and engage in domestic ter- |
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| 21 | 21 | | rorism by attacking Tesla vehicles and facilities to pro- |
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| 22 | 22 | | test Elon Musk; |
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| 23 | 23 | | Whereas anti-Tesla incidents have happened in at least 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | States involving arson, gunfire, and vandalism; |
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| 25 | 25 | | Whereas at least 80 reported cases of vandalism or arson of |
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| 26 | 26 | | Tesla vehicles have taken place throughout the United |
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| 27 | 27 | | States and Canada; |
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| 28 | 28 | | Whereas at least 10 Tesla dealerships, charging stations, and |
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| 29 | 29 | | facilities have been hit by vandals; |
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| 31 | 31 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | •HRES 285 IH |
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| 33 | 33 | | Whereas, on February 11, 2025, in Loveland, Colorado, a |
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| 34 | 34 | | man attacked a Tesla dealer on multiple occasions, in- |
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| 35 | 35 | | cluding throwing Molotov cocktails and spray-painting |
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| 36 | 36 | | words on vehicles and windows, including the word |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘Nazi’’; |
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| 38 | 38 | | Whereas, on March 2, 2025, in Washington, DC, 2 people de- |
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| 39 | 39 | | faced Tesla vehicles, twice writing political hate speech on |
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| 40 | 40 | | the vehicles before fleeing; |
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| 41 | 41 | | Whereas, on March 3, 2025, in Boston, Massachusetts, 7 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Tesla charging stations in a mall outside the Massachu- |
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| 43 | 43 | | setts capital were set on fire; |
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| 44 | 44 | | Whereas, on March 6, 2025, in Portland, Oregon, at least 7 |
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| 45 | 45 | | gunshots were fired into a Tesla showroom in the middle |
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| 46 | 46 | | of the night, windows were shattered, and 3 cars were |
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| 47 | 47 | | damaged, and 1 bullet went through an office wall and |
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| 48 | 48 | | into a computer monitor; |
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| 49 | 49 | | Whereas, on March 7, 2025, in North Charleston, South |
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| 50 | 50 | | Carolina, a 24-year-old man threw 5 Molotov cocktails at |
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| 51 | 51 | | a Tesla charging station, and witnesses reported seeing |
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| 52 | 52 | | a man spray-paint an expletive against Trump and |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘Long Live Ukraine’’ in red paint in the parking lot; |
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| 54 | 54 | | Whereas, on March 7, 2025, in Loveland, Colorado, a man |
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| 55 | 55 | | ignited an incendiary device and hurled it at a Tesla |
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| 56 | 56 | | dealership, which landed between 2 cars and created a |
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| 57 | 57 | | fire that put lives at risk, and rocks were also thrown, |
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| 58 | 58 | | damaging both the building and multiple vehicles; |
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| 59 | 59 | | Whereas, on March 18, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada, a per- |
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| 60 | 60 | | son dressed in black shot at Tesla cars at a repair shop |
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| 61 | 61 | | and ignited 2 of them with Molotov cocktails, and the |
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| 62 | 62 | | word ‘‘Resist’’ was spray-painted on the front doors of |
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| 63 | 63 | | the shop; |
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| 65 | 65 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | •HRES 285 IH |
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| 67 | 67 | | Whereas, on March 24, 2025, the Austin police discovered |
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| 68 | 68 | | multiple incendiary devices that had been placed at a |
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| 69 | 69 | | Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas; and |
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| 70 | 70 | | Whereas, on March 24, 2025, the Federal Bureau of Inves- |
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| 71 | 71 | | tigation created a task force to work in conjunction with |
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| 72 | 72 | | the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives |
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| 73 | 73 | | to investigate violent Tesla attacks: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 74 | 74 | | Resolved, That the House of Representatives con-1 |
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| 75 | 75 | | demns the wave of domestic terrorism attacks targeting 2 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Tesla cars and dealerships. 3 |
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