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Politico reports:
Tesla defied San Francisco Bay Area health officials on Monday by reopening a factory during an escalating standoff over a stay-at-home order that kept the plant closed.
The rebellion by the globally recognized electric automaker underscores the competing pressures on elected officials to reopen the economy. Rising calls for officials to restart commerce are competing with warnings from Gov. Gavin Newsom and health officials that going too far too fast risks a resurgence of the virus.
But no business owner has been as brash and combative as Tesla CEO Elon Musk. After calling the stay-at-home order “fascist” last month, Musk this weekend threatened to leave the state for Texas or Nevada and announced Tesla would sue county officials for ordering the idled plant to stay closed.
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Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 11, 2020
we second elon musk’s request for elon musk to be arrested https://t.co/KiQw5BOSJG
— Current Affairs (@curaffairs) May 11, 2020
when elon musk gets arrested https://t.co/wCPutPzMXo pic.twitter.com/6JHwEQxtsU
— Jesse Spector (@jessespector) May 11, 2020
The funny thing about Musk’s Twitter arrest martyrdom is that he hasn’t expressed a compelling reason for opening up his plant beyond his own self-interest. He isn’t opening up the plant for the sake of his workers. It’s for his company’s bottom line.
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) May 11, 2020
Musk knows he’s not going to get arrested. Every local country enforcement agency is deferring to the other when asked if they’re going to do anything. The Governor of California went out of his way to be deferential to him *after* he sued a county. https://t.co/CE1znvYSOQ
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) May 11, 2020