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Demonstrations towards tech billionaire Elon Musk are persevering with, even after the Tesla CEO stepped away from his position main the Division of Authorities Effectivity and engaged in an all-out feud this week with Donald Trump over the president’s huge tax and home coverage invoice often called the “huge, stunning invoice.”

Musk, who contributed $288 million to Trump’s 2024 presidential marketing campaign, known as the invoice a “disgusting abomination” simply days after asserting he would depart DOGE, his federal cost-cutting undertaking. As the 2 traded jabs, Trump threatened to chop authorities contracts for Musk’s firms and Musk claimed that “Trump would have misplaced the election” with out him.

Anti-Musk sentiment spilled onto sidewalks outdoors of Tesla showrooms with 60 demonstrations scheduled Saturday in cities equivalent to Delray Seaside, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky; and Decatur, Georgia, as a part of the Tesla Takedown motion, which started in mid-February amid Musk’s position with DOGE.

At 11:30 a.m. ET, a crowd of about 30 demonstrators had gathered outdoors of a Tesla showroom on a wet morning within the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC.

“This isn’t over as a result of (Musk) determined to go residence together with his tail between his legs,” native organizer Melissa Knutson advised CNN.

The Tesla Takedown motion, in accordance with its web site, calls on folks to “promote your Teslas, dump your inventory and be part of the picket strains” and believes that “stopping Musk will assist save lives and shield our democracy.”

Tesla gross sales plunged 13% within the first three months of this yr, the biggest drop in deliveries in its historical past. Shares of Tesla (TSLA) dropped roughly 14% this week and are down practically 47% from the excessive of $488.54 on December 18.

Learn extra right here on the Tesla Takedown motion.