{"id":2421149,"date":"2025-04-08T11:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tesla-protesters-are-oblivious-to-dangerous-vandalism-joe-concha-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T11:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:22:17","slug":"tesla-protesters-are-oblivious-to-dangerous-vandalism-joe-concha-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tesla-protesters-are-oblivious-to-dangerous-vandalism-joe-concha-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla protesters are oblivious to \u2018dangerous\u2019 vandalism: Joe Concha &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftesla-protesters-are-oblivious-to-dangerous-vandalism-joe-concha-washington-examiner%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=2421149&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--><p>Teh article discusses comments made by Joe Concha, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bruce-springsteen-who-called-trump-a-threat-to-democracy-ripped-for-pushing-unity-in-super-bowl-ad\/\" title=\"Bruce Springsteen, Who Called Trump A \u2018Threat To Democracy,\u2019 Ripped For Pushing Unity In Super Bowl Ad\">senior writer<\/a> for the *Washington Examiner*, regarding a series of protests directed against Tesla and figures such as President Donald trump and Elon Musk. concha expressed concerns that many protesters appeared to downplay <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">violent acts<\/a> of vandalism against Tesla properties,such as firebombings and the destruction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-becomes-the-first-millennial-confirmed-to-a-cabinet-position\/\" title=\"Buttigieg Becomes The First Millennial Confirmed To A Cabinet Position\">charging stations<\/a>. He noted that some media outlets are not adequately covering these incidents, which he describes as acts of domestic terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>During his interactions with protesters, he found many willing to justify these violent actions, with some even dismissing his claims based on his affiliation with Fox News. Concha highlighted specific cases, including recent vandalism in Washington, D.C., where individuals were charged for defacing Tesla vehicles. he warned that violent acts would persist unless they were denounced convincingly by public figures. While acknowledging that not all protesters supported the violence, he emphasized that a concerning segment of the population views such actions as acceptable. Concha concluded by condemning the lack of accountability for these acts and stressed the need for clear denunciation from political leaders.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tesla protesters are oblivious to &lsquo;dangerous&rsquo; vandalism: Joe Concha<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2085617\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Concha<\/a> argued that protesters across the country were largely dismissive over the violent acts of vandalism against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tesla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tesla<\/a>, suggesting this is partially due to some media outlets not covering these acts.<\/p>\n<p>Concha, a senior writer for the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, explained that he spoke to protesters at one of the many protests happening across the nation against President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>, during which he was &ldquo;taken aback&rdquo; by how many people sought to justify the firebombings of Tesla dealerships or destroying Tesla charger stations. In one encounter, Concha said a protester did not believe him simply because Concha was &ldquo;from Fox News,&rdquo; prompting the Fox News contributor to search the internet on his phone and show him a dealership in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oregon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Oregon<\/a> that was firebombed on &ldquo;two separate occasions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3373514\/pam-bondi-foreign-terrorists-self-deport-trump-supreme-court-win\/\">Bondi tells foreign terrorists to start &#8216;self-deporting&#8217; after Supreme Court win for Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3373447\/trump-talks-south-korea-tariffs\/\">Trump opens talks with South Korea on tariffs: &#8216;Things are looking good&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3373525\/mike-johnson-backs-bill-keep-activist-judges-in-their-constitutional-lane\/\">Mike Johnson backs bill to keep activist judges &#8216;in their constitutional lane&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;So I think what this shows us that other networks aren&rsquo;t reporting on these clear acts of domestic terrorism the way they should be, the same way they did not during the Black Lives Matter, so-called protest during the summer of love of 2020, when we literally saw reporters with &mdash; when they said it was mostly peaceful as far as those protests while burning buildings were behind them that looked like the Nakatomi Plaza at the end of <em>Die Hard<\/em>,&rdquo; Concha stated on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Hannity<\/em>. &ldquo;So yeah, this sort of rhetoric, it&rsquo;s going to get dangerous, and it already has because we saw what happened July 13th in Butler, and then a couple weeks later at Trump International down in Florida.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2880608&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=99cc6836cf8afe8a8de82c0beac7cf47\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha continued by predicting &ldquo;some lunatic&rdquo; would hear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3354099\/jasmine-crockett-endorses-tesla-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rep. Jasmine Crockett&rsquo;s (D-TX) wish for Musk to be &ldquo;taken down&rdquo;<\/a> and take her wish literally. He added that Democrats are &ldquo;passively endorsing&rdquo; the violent acts against Tesla, and will continue to do so until they choose to speak out against the vandalism.<\/p>\n<p>While covering the protests, Concha noted there were some &ldquo;reasonable&rdquo; protesters who did not support the violent acts and were simply exercising their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/freedom-of-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">freedom of speech<\/a> through peaceful protest. However, there were &ldquo;too many&rdquo; other protesters who did not oppose vandalism, contending there is a &ldquo;segment&rdquo; of people within the country that is &ldquo;totally out of it, and is dangerous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3370191\/jasmine-crockett-genius-limits-stupidity-joe-concha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JASMINE CROCKETT PROVES &lsquo;GENIUS HAS ITS LIMITS WHILE STUPIDITY DOES NOT&rsquo;: JOE CONCHA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, stated that Justin Fisher, 49, and Emily Fisher, 50, vandalized four Tesla vehicles between March 1 and 21 by writing &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-arrested-in-dc-over-tesla-vandalism-face-charges-of-political-hate-speech-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Two arrested in DC over ... vandalism face charges of \u2018political hate speech\u2019 - ... Examiner\">political hate speech&#038;rdquo<\/a>; on them; Fish also defaced two other vehicles on March 9 and 12. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3370232\/two-arrested-dc-tesla-vandalism-political-hate-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Fisher was charged with eight counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-police-order-anti-mandate-protesters-to-disperse\/\" title=\"Canadian Police Order Anti-Mandate ... to Disperse\">defacing public<\/a> or private property<\/a>, while Emily Fisher was charged with five counts of defacing public or private property for the alleged crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi also announced last week that suspect Cooper Frederick was being charged for a firebombing of a Tesla dealership on March 7 in Loveland, Colorado. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3365112\/doj-bondi-charge-man-tesla-bombing-20-years-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bondi warned that anyone partaking in &ldquo;the wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties&rdquo;<\/a> will be arrested and put in jail, adding &ldquo;there will be no negotiating.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2085617\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2085617\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla protesters ignore &#8216;dangerous&#8217; vandalism, says Joe Concha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2421150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tesla-protests-Joe-Concha-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[52093,4007,6734,16384,32076],"class_list":["post-2421149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-joe-concha","tag-protesters","tag-tesla","tag-vandalism","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tesla-protests-Joe-Concha-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2421149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2421153,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421149\/revisions\/2421153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2421150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}