By Karen Rubin, [email protected], news-photos-features.com

Protesters demonstrated across from a Tesla showroom in Manhasset, Long island, NY, to express their ire at Elon Musk and DOGE for the rampant, irresponsible workforce cuts that have damaged government services, triggered a brain drain, and hurt United States standing and ability to compete in the world. And even though judges have so far stayed the firings, it is feared the stays are only temporary and will soon resume, while morale is shot and thousands of federal workers have decided that public service is not worth being maligned and defamed.

The protest was one of many anti-Musk protests taking place on Sunday, March 23, 2025. Protesters were blocked by a cadre of security and Nassau County police from standing in front of the Tesla showroom in the tony Americana shopping mall, and took up positions on both sides of Northern Boulevard.  

Protests against Tesla have sprung up across the U.S., with some instances of vandalism that has prompted Trump’s Justice Department to treat these incidents as domestic terrorism. Meanwhile, Trump has shilled for Tesla, turning the White House into a sales showroom, while his Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has urged Americans to buy Tesla stock while suggesting that any Social Security recipient who phones to complain about a missing check is a fraudster.

Here are some highlights from the Long Island protest:

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