U.S. government backs Tesla as backlash turns criminal
Elon Musk's political outspokenness has placed a target on Tesla's back, but the government is committed to the carmaker.

Political protest is woven into the very fabric of the U.S.
The seeds of the American Revolution were planted through political protest, and the idea was so sacrosanct that the founders made the right to peacefully assemble part of the First Amendment to the Constitution.