The Washington Examiner’s Tiana Lowe Doescher argued that the Tesla attacks have spotlighted the difference in leadership between billionaire Elon Musk and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), with the former able to do something the U.S. government could not.

Walz, who was former Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 running mate, took a victory lap over Tesla’s declining stock during a speech this week, saying that it gives him “a little bit of a boost.” The comment was made amid various acts of vandalism against Tesla dealerships in the country.