To the editor: When did the model of automotive I drive grow to be a political assertion?
I’ve pushed an electrical automotive for 12 years to not make an announcement, however to do my small half to battle local weather change. However recently, my 2013 Tesla Mannequin S with 112,000 miles has grow to be an emblem of my “assist” for Elon Musk and, by implication, President Trump.
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By no means thoughts that neither of these males seems involved any longer (if ever) about decreasing greenhouse gases or saving the planet.
In fact, Musk is free to assist any political get together or particular person he chooses. However his swing to MAGA was in all probability provoked not by ideology, however somewhat by former President Biden’s refusal to acknowledge the function Musk performed in jump-starting the electrical automotive revolution. Biden doubtless snubbed Musk due to the Tesla chief govt’s disdain for labor unions.
Now, Musk seems to have turned his again on this accomplishment, as he has been given free rein by Trump to dismantle the federal authorities.
None of this has something to do with my choice 12 years in the past to purchase an electrical automotive. So why does that very same automotive now symbolize one thing I don’t assist?
Daniel Bateman, Diamond Bar
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