The Daily Populous Friday March 21st, 2025 day edition
Authored by thepinknews.com and submitted by Murky-Site7468

Former Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz has joked that he looks at Tesla’s stock price plunging throughout the day to give himself a little “boost”.

The governor of Minnesota, who ran for vice-president last year alongside presidential hopeful Kamala Harris, made the jibe during a speech in Wisconsin, saying that the share value of car manufacturer, where controversial billionaire Elon Musk is the chief executive, was tanking as boycotts and protests grow.

“On the iPhone they’ve got that little stock app. I’ve added Tesla to it to give me a little boost during the day,” he said, in a video later uploaded to TikTok.

“It’s at 225 and dropping. And if you own a Tesla, we’re not blaming you. You can take dental floss and pull the Tesla (badge) off, I’m just telling you.”

@timwalz If you need a little boost during the day, check out Tesla stock 📉 ♬ original sound – Tim Walz

While some people enjoyed his comments, with one TikTok user writing “I love petty Tim so much”, one person who didn’t enjoy the quip was Musk himself, who wrote on Twitter/X: “Sometimes when I need a little boost, I look at the [vice-president] JD Vance portrait in the White House and thank the Lord.”

Witty adverts taking aim at Tesla and Elon Musk have appeared on streets in the UK. (Everyone Hates Elon/GoFundMe)

It has been reported that Musk’s wealth had fallen by $148 billion (£114 billion) since 17 January.

According to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, he lost $29 billion (£22.4 billion) on 10 March alone, largely due to a sharp decline in his car company’s stock and investor concerns. However, he is still believed to be richest man in the world with his reported wealth standing at $342 billion (£264 billion), according to Forbes.

Many people put the decline in Tesla’s share price down to Musk’s controversial political views, including giving a Nazi-style salute at an event marking Donald Trump’s inauguration in January. He has repeatedly denied that the gesture was linked to Hitler or Nazism.

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LaMarr-Bruister on March 21st, 2025 at 00:13 UTC »

Walz is much more charismatic that he showed during the campaign. I don’t know if that was by design to not shine over Harris? He has a great way of communicating.

veruca_seether on March 20th, 2025 at 23:55 UTC »

Why did the Harris campaign reign in troll Walz? He would’ve taken personal delight in constantly trolling republicans and triggering them. That is what the Democrats needed and they had it.

theegayscientist on March 20th, 2025 at 23:48 UTC »

I wish they wouldn’t have stopped Tim Walz from emasculating them during the campaign. Typical dems, they must have run the numbers and the data showed people prefer cordiality.