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Gavin Newsom proposes 'insane' move against Elon Musk as he attempts to defy Trump with electric car rebates that excludes Tesla

Gavin Newsom is plotting to defy Donald Trump while stiffing key MAGA ally Elon Musk, as California plans an electric vehicle rebate program that intentionally leaves out Tesla.

The California governor is planning to introduce a state tax rebate on purchasing electric cars if the Trump administration eliminates the federal tax cut. 

Newsom even bragged that his policies have made Tesla and Musk 'so damn successful.'

The new rebates could exclude Tesla and other automakers with a large market share in an effort to promote more competition, the governor's office said. But that is subject to negotiation with the state Legislature. 

Tesla holds 55% of California's EV market share, down from 64% a year ago. Hyundai and BMW are the next two biggest EV sellers in the state, at just 6.4% and 5.5%, respectively. 

Musk, whose company is the only one that actually manufactures EVs in the Golden State, clearly felt singled out and slammed Newsom's proposal.

'Even though Tesla is the only company who manufactures their EVs in California! This is insane,' he wrote on X. 

A Musk fan posted a video to the social media site showing Newsom actually gloating about being responsible for Musk and Tesla's riches. 

'It's one of the reasons guys like Elon Musk and others have become so damn successful,' Newsom said in October. 'It's because we've set price signals, we've created markets, we've created opportunities for investments. We're the number one manufacturer for a reason. We continue to be the envy of the world.'

Noisome knows, or his handlers must have told him, that his threat is toothless beca8use (a) his bankrupt state can’t afford another government handout program; and (b) a thing called the United States Constitution stands in his way. No matter, he’s just shoring up his base, getting ready for his presidential drive in 2028, and needs to achieve no more than that.

Interesting that, for all the media’s shrieking about Trump being a threat to democracy, it’s their California matinee idol who keeps coming up with anti-democratic schemes to deny citizens their constitutional rights and freedoms. Like this assault on the First Amendment, for instance.