Dem senator who ditched Tesla to protest Musk refuses to call violence against cars 'domestic terrorism' | 2 April 2025 | Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, who ditched his Tesla last month, refused to label recent violence at Tesla dealerships in protest of Elon Musk's DOGE efforts as "domestic terrorism," a term that has been used by Republicans and the Justice Department. "Certainly vandalism and it's a crime," Kelly told Fox News Digital when asked if the violence at Tesla dealerships in response to DOGE amounted to terrorism... Attorney General Pam Bondi and Elon Musk have both called the violence "domestic terrorism" in recent weeks. When pressed by Fox News Digital on not using the word terrorism, Kelly said, "I think we've got to tread lightly on the whole 'terrorism' word."