- Ross Gerber stated he plans to ditch his Mannequin Y for a Rivian over Elon Musk’s settlement with an antisemitic submit on X.
- The Tesla investor stated his shoppers are “pissed off.”
- Musk had known as a submit accusing Jewish teams of “hatred against whites” the “actual truth.”
Tesla investor Ross Gerber spoke out towards Elon Musk on Thursday after the billionaire voiced his settlement with an antisemitic submit on social media.
“Sadly, this is a win for Rivian,” Gerber wrote on X. “I will be replacing my Tesla model Y for a Rivian next year and I’m sure the rest of LA will as well.”
Musk had responded to a submit on X from a consumer who stated “Jewish communities” had been pushing hatred “against whites.”
“You have said the actual truth,” Musk wrote in response to the antisemitic submit which appeared to echo the “great replacement theory” — a racist ideology that white supremacists subscribe to that contends that non-white immigrants to the US and different western international locations are changing white populations. It is oftentimes invoked towards Jewish supporters of immigration.
Gerber, who held some 420,000 shares of Tesla inventory as lately as this spring and is the CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Funding Administration, stated his shoppers are “pissed off.”
“Getting a flood of messages from clients wanting out of tesla and anything to do with Elon Musk,” he wrote on X. “Many saying they are selling their cars as well. What is he doing to the tesla brand??!!?!?”
Gerber, Musk, and a spokesperson for Tesla didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Gerber’s feedback got here after Barron’s reported that Musk’s title had been dropped from the APEC CEO Summit speaker checklist on Thursday.
“It takes a lifetime to build a reputation, and a day to lose it,” Gerber wrote in a submit on X, citing the article.
A spokesperson for the occasion didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider.
“Elon Musk had a schedule change that prevented him from joining the APEC CEO Summit 2023,” a spokesperson advised Barrons. “We’re thankful for his offer to join the session remotely, however it was agreed among all speakers that participation would be in person.”
Musk is scheduled to talk at The New York Occasions’ Dealbook Summit later this month. A spokesperson for the occasion didn’t reply to a request for remark forward of publication.
Musk is not any stranger to controversy
That is solely the most recent public backlash for the bombastic CEO, whose polarizing views have solely been amplified since he took over X in 2022.
Final 12 months, after Musk took warmth for a sequence of transphobic posts and feedback, a number of Tesla order holders and homeowners took to the social media web site to say that they had canceled orders or deliberate to promote their Teslas.
However the backlash has but to actually hit Tesla’s backside line.
The corporate bought almost half 1,000,000 automobiles within the third quarter alone, including to a 12 months of development for the corporate that’s solely anticipated to extend as soon as the Cybertruck is launched later this month.
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