Democrats WILL regret cheering as Tesla terrorism rages on

The dark night of political violence keeps getting predicted on the right while actually descending on the left.Here we go again: There’s a campaign of terror against Tesla to protest Elon Musk’s politics.Democrats aren’t acting as if they intend to do anything to stop it.In Las Vegas last week, five cars at a Tesla service center were set on fire and shot at.Texas police found “multiple incendiary devices” at a Tesla dealership in north Austin.Other explosives have been found in San Antonio, where the FBI is dispatching experts.The Justice Department, which has announced a task force to address the problem, has already brought federal charges against a man in Salem, Ore.

“armed with a suppressed AR-15 rifle,” who “was arrested after throwing approximately eight Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership,” a woman “arrested in Loveland, Col.after attempting to light Teslas on fire with Molotov cocktails,” and a man in Charleston, SC, who “wrote profane messages against President Trump around Tesla charging stations before lighting [them] on fire with Molotov cocktails.”The violence has gone international, with 80 Tesla vehicles damaged in an attack in Hamilton, Ontario.

The list goes on.Terrorism is the use of violence to achieve political ends.When the government or people engaged in politics change their behavior for fear of it, that’s how terrorism succeeds. By any definition, this is terrorism.It’s aimed at getting Musk to stop supporting Donald Trump, disband his Department of Government Efficiency, change his recommendations for cutting government, stop donating to Republicans or otherwise leave the public square.As the campaign of bombings of cars with combustible batteries drags on and armed vandals attack dealerships, it’s only a matter of time before somebody dies.When that happens, Democrats will regret not doing more to distance themselves from this spate of violence.They’re not doing much of that right now.Demo...