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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. RES. 285
Condemning the wave of domestic terrorism attacks targeting Tesla cars
and dealerships.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL1, 2025
Ms. B
OEBERT(for herself, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. OGLES, Mr. STEUBE, Ms. MACE,
Mr. B
IGGSof Arizona, Mr. GILLof Texas, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, Mr.
D
ONALDS, and Mrs. LUNA) submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION
Condemning the wave of domestic terrorism attacks targeting
Tesla cars and dealerships.
Whereas members of the Democratic Party have made calls
for their supporters to incite and engage in domestic ter-
rorism by attacking Tesla vehicles and facilities to pro-
test Elon Musk;
Whereas anti-Tesla incidents have happened in at least 9
States involving arson, gunfire, and vandalism;
Whereas at least 80 reported cases of vandalism or arson of
Tesla vehicles have taken place throughout the United
States and Canada;
Whereas at least 10 Tesla dealerships, charging stations, and
facilities have been hit by vandals;
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Whereas, on February 11, 2025, in Loveland, Colorado, a
man attacked a Tesla dealer on multiple occasions, in-
cluding throwing Molotov cocktails and spray-painting
words on vehicles and windows, including the word
‘‘Nazi’’;
Whereas, on March 2, 2025, in Washington, DC, 2 people de-
faced Tesla vehicles, twice writing political hate speech on
the vehicles before fleeing;
Whereas, on March 3, 2025, in Boston, Massachusetts, 7
Tesla charging stations in a mall outside the Massachu-
setts capital were set on fire;
Whereas, on March 6, 2025, in Portland, Oregon, at least 7
gunshots were fired into a Tesla showroom in the middle
of the night, windows were shattered, and 3 cars were
damaged, and 1 bullet went through an office wall and
into a computer monitor;
Whereas, on March 7, 2025, in North Charleston, South
Carolina, a 24-year-old man threw 5 Molotov cocktails at
a Tesla charging station, and witnesses reported seeing
a man spray-paint an expletive against Trump and
‘‘Long Live Ukraine’’ in red paint in the parking lot;
Whereas, on March 7, 2025, in Loveland, Colorado, a man
ignited an incendiary device and hurled it at a Tesla
dealership, which landed between 2 cars and created a
fire that put lives at risk, and rocks were also thrown,
damaging both the building and multiple vehicles;
Whereas, on March 18, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada, a per-
son dressed in black shot at Tesla cars at a repair shop
and ignited 2 of them with Molotov cocktails, and the
word ‘‘Resist’’ was spray-painted on the front doors of
the shop;
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Whereas, on March 24, 2025, the Austin police discovered
multiple incendiary devices that had been placed at a
Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas; and
Whereas, on March 24, 2025, the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation created a task force to work in conjunction with
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
to investigate violent Tesla attacks: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives con-1
demns the wave of domestic terrorism attacks targeting 2
Tesla cars and dealerships. 3
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