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'GIVE PEOPLE BACK THEIR GODDAMN FREEDOM': Elon Musk bashes US shelter-in-place orders as 'fascist,' says they're 'forcibly imprisoning' people in their homes
ZitatIn a short rant complete with expletives, Elon Musk doubled down on his stance against the shelter-in-place orders that have gripped the United States economy in recent weeks in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
The Tesla chief executive did not mince words on a Wednesday conference call following the company's surprise first-quarter profit when he warned that the factory shutdowns are a "serious risk" to the electric automaker's business.
"Frankly, I would call it forcible imprisoning of people in their homes against all of, their constitutional rights, in my opinion," he said. "It's breaking people's freedoms in ways that are horrible and wrong and not why they came to America or built this country. What the f--k. Excuse me. Outrage. Outrage."