Elon Musk Goes After ‘Evil’ Tim Walz Over Tesla Stock Joke

Tech billionaire Elon Musk called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz a “huge jerk” for being “overjoyed” about the downward trend of Tesla stocks.

“I mean, you have Tim Walz, who’s a huge jerk, running around on stage with the Tesla stock price, where the stock price had gone in half, and he was overjoyed,” Musk said during an interview with Fox News on Friday.

The Tesla CEO continued, “What an evil thing to do—what a creep, what a jerk. Like, who derives joy from that? And it was pointed out to him that the Minnesota state pension fund is a major investor in Tesla, but he didn’t care because he was so overjoyed by the Tesla stock [tanking].”

Musk added, “Does that sound like a good person to you? I don’t think so.”

Speaking on the rising reports of vandalism at Tesla dealerships, Musk said, “Think it would help sales if dealerships are being firebombed? Of course not. And Tesla customers are being intimidated all over the country and all over Europe. Does that help Tesla?”

Musk’s scathing comments aimed at the former vice presidential candidate came after Walz gloated during a Wisconsin town hall event earlier this month that he’s been checking his iPhone’s stock app to watch Tesla stocks plummet whenever he needs “a little boost during the day.”

Walz later walked back his comments during another town hall in Minnesota on March 22.

“[Musk] bugs me in a way that’s probably unhealthy,” he said. “I have to be careful about being a smartass. I was making a joke. These people have no sense of humor. They are the most literal people.”

Walz added at the time, “But my point was, they’re all mad, and I said something I probably shouldn’t have about a company.”

Tesla’s stock market value has taken a nosedive since Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, orchestrated the firing of thousands of federal employees as well as massive budget cuts in numerous agencies at the command of President Donald Trump, on whom Musk spent millions of dollars to help him secure a second term in November.

Watch a clip from Musk’s interview on Fox News below.