Senator Mark Kelly is ditching his Tesla after Elon Musk called him a ‘traitor’ for visiting wounded Ukraine soldiers

Fed-up Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, who was scorched as a “traitor” for visiting wounded troopers in Ukraine by DOGE hatchet man Elon Musk, has introduced that he’s eliminating his Tesla.

For one factor, he doesn’t wish to drive a care designed by an “a**gap,” Kelly, a former astronaut and Gulf Battle Navy pilot, emphasised in a videotaped assertion posted Friday on social media.

For an additional, it’s supporting a person taking a wrecking ball to the nation, he famous.

Kelly mentioned he initially bought his Tesla as a result of it was ”quick like a rocket ship.” He mentioned he had no concept how a lot of a “political difficulty” the automotive would grow to be.

“Each time I get on this automotive within the final 60 days or so, it jogs my memory simply how a lot harm Donald Trump and Elon Musk are doing to our nation, speaking about slashing Social Safety, slicing well being care advantages for poor individuals, for seniors [and] firing veterans. It’s one unhealthy factor after the subsequent,” he emphasised.

“Now “each time I drive it, I really feel like a rolling billboard for a person dismantling our authorities and hurting individuals,” he added.

“So Tesla, you’re fired! That is going to be my final journey on this automotive,” Kelly mentioned.

“New journey coming quickly.”

Thus far no new phrase from the tech billionaire.

Musk final Sunday slammed Kelly, as a traitor for his latest go to in Ukraine with troopers wounded battling the Russian invasion. In regular occasions, cozying as much as Russia or praising Vladimir Putin could be the extra suspicious conduct.

Musk responded to Kelly’s put up concerning the journey on X: “You’re a traitor.”

Kelly shortly lashed again Tuesday on the MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Present..

The previous Navy captain mentioned that when he enlisted within the Navy, “I swore an oath to our Structure, to guard and defend the Structure. I’ve lived that oath my whole life.”

The “solely oath I can consider that perhaps Elon has sworn is an oath to his checking account, to his pocketbook. An oath, perhaps, to ruining the lives of veterans,” he added.

The senator mentioned Musk ought to “return” to his rockets. “He should not be targeted on this slash-and-burn of the federal authorities,” Kelly added.