{"id":1491759,"date":"2022-05-25T13:44:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T17:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1491759"},"modified":"2022-05-25T13:45:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T17:45:43","slug":"trouble-in-paradise-aoc-wants-to-get-rid-of-her-tesla-after-getting-mocked-by-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trouble-in-paradise-aoc-wants-to-get-rid-of-her-tesla-after-getting-mocked-by-elon-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"Trouble in Paradise: AOC Wants to Get Rid of Her Tesla After Getting Mocked by Elon Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrouble-in-paradise-aoc-wants-to-get-rid-of-her-tesla-after-getting-mocked-by-elon-musk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1491759&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she wants to get rid of her Tesla just weeks after a Twitter dustup with Elon Musk in which the billionaire CEO playfully <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/30\/elon-musk-tells-aoc-to-stop-hitting-on-me\/\">teased the \u201cSquad\u201d member to \u201cstop hitting on me.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Green New Deal-backing progressive congresswoman from the Bronx and Queens told Bloomberg News that she\u2019s itching to switch to an electric car that is manufactured by a company that employs union members.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-05-24\/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-is-voting-republican-but-democrats-still-like-electric-cars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told Bloomberg News<\/a> on Wednesday that she purchased her Tesla Model 3 back in 2020 in order to make it easier to travel between her local district and Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time, it was the only EV that could get me from New York to Washington on like one, or one-and-a-half charges,\u201d she said. \u201cI would love to switch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The only battery-powered vehicles that are made domestically by unionized workers are the Chevrolet Bolt, the Bolt EUV, and the Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla stock gained 5% in trading on Wall Street as of 1 p.m. Wednesday. Shares of Tesla have fallen in recent weeks due to ongoing concerns about production slowdowns in COVID-hit China.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Musk responded to an AOC tweet about \u201csome billionaire with an ego problem\u201d by joking: \u201cStop hitting on me, I\u2019m really shy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/aoc-musk-tesla-01.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>AOC has driven a Tesla Model 3 since buying the car in 2020.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was talking about Zuckerberg but ok,\u201d AOC shot back at Musk before deleting the response about a minute later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/19\/aoc-engaged-to-longtime-boyfriend-riley-roberts\/\">AOC recently got engaged<\/a> to her longtime boyfriend, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/article\/who-is-riley-roberts-aoc\/\">Riley Roberts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk has <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/18\/elon-musk-rips-phony-social-justice-warriors\/\">alienated liberals and Democrats<\/a> in recent weeks after he declared that he would purchase Twitter in order to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/14\/three-cheers-for-elon-musks-bid-to-buy-twitter-and-protect-free-speech\/\">reverse some of the site\u2019s content moderation policies.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Tesla CEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/25\/elon-musk-drops-from-200-billion-club-as-tesla-twitter-tank\/\">whose net worth has dropped below $200 billion<\/a>, has said he would <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/10\/elon-musk-says-hell-reverse-trump-ban-from-twitter\/\">reinstate Donald Trump\u2019s Twitter account<\/a> if his $44 billion acquisition of the San Francisco-based social media company is completed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.<\/p>\n<p>But they have become the party of division &#038; hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold \u2026 \ud83c\udf7f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1526997132858822658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Musk has also voiced criticisms of the Democratic Party, which he branded a faction of \u201chate and division,\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/18\/elon-musk-says-democrats-are-party-of-division-hate\/\">stated his intent to vote for GOP candidates<\/a> in this year\u2019s midterm elections as well as the 2024 contests.<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s pending acquisition of Twitter, which has been put \u201con hold\u201d due to concerns over the purported prevalence of spam and bot accounts, has energized Republicans and conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>His embrace of Republicans has prompted at least one GOP lawmaker to declare his love of Tesla electric cars.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/aoc-musk-tesla-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aoc-musk-tesla-03.jpg\" alt=\"Musk said that he plans to vote for Republican candidates for the first time.\" class=\"wp-image-22407325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/aoc-musk-tesla-03.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/aoc-musk-tesla-03.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/aoc-musk-tesla-03.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Musk said he plans to vote for Republican candidates for the first time.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thomas Massie, the Republican congressman from Kentucky, told Bloomberg News that he owns a Model S. He also said Tesla is the only stock he owns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a car company, it\u2019s a battery company,\u201d Massie said. \u201cThe car is just their first killer app.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Top Democrats like Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Reps Adam Schiff of California, David Cicilline of Rhode Island, Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware and Tom Malinowski of New Jersey all own Teslas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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