White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary urging people to buy Tesla stock.
On Wednesday night, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared on Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox News. During a conversation about the recent instances of Tesla cars being vandalized, the secretary suddenly told viewers to invest in Elon Musk’s car manufacturer.
“I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla!” Lutnick said. “It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap, it’ll never be this cheap again.”
Lutnick’s comments were just the latest show of support from Trump’s administration. Following the president’s White House photo op with Musk, other Republicans have vowed to buy Teslas as a show of support for the tech billionaire.
When asked about Lutnick’s comments on Thursday, Leavitt said:
I think the commerce secretary was reiterating that the president supports an American-made company like Tesla, who produces a very good product for the American people, which was beloved by the American people — particularly Democrats — until Elon Musk decided to vote for Donald Trump. And now we’ve seen despicable and unacceptable violence taking place across our country at Tesla dealerships against workers, employees, and also innocent Americans who drive these vehicles. It’s actually a scary time in our country because of this political violence from the left,
and the White House and the president’s entire administration condemn it wholeheartedly.
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