Tesla CEO becomes target after Trump election

Published November 18, 2016 5:19pm ET



A conservative group is targeting Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of luxury electric carmaker Tesla, by launching a lobbying campaign aimed at divesting Musk’s clean energy “empire” of all federal subsidies.

The group Citizens for the Republic, a conservative grassroots organization that espouses the ideals of former President Ronald Reagan, accuses Musk’s companies, including SolarCity, Tesla, and SpaceX, of receiving well over $5 billion in taxpayer support.

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