About 30 New Yorkers gathered on Sunday afternoon outside of the Tesla showroom at 860 Washington St. in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District to rage against Elon Musk and his meddling in the U.S. government.
Organized by the direct action group Rise and Resist, the Feb. 9 protest focused on Musk, Tesla’s CEO and the world’s wealthiest person, who now serves as head of the Trump-appointed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has been attracting controversy over Musk’s tactics to reshape the federal government bureaucracy and budget. That includes disintegrating USAID foreign aid programs and accessing sensitive information in the Treasury Department.
