As loudmouth Minnesota governor and failed Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz mocked Tesla’s stock dropping in the face of attacks on Tesla cars and dealers across the country,
He neglected to mention that as recently as last summer, Minnesota had 1.6 million shares of Tesla in its retirement fund and 211,000 shares of Tesla in its non-retirement fund.
“I was saying, on my phone, I know some of you know this, on the iPhone, they’ve got that little stock app; I added Tesla to it to give me a little boost during the day, 225 and dropping,” Walz gloated to a cheering crowd. “And if you own one, we’re not blaming you. You can take dental floss and pull the Tesla thing off, you know. I’m just tellin’ ya.”
As Gov. Walz gloats about Tesla stock dropping, records from the Minnesota State Board of Investment show that as of 6/30/24, the state of Minnesota had 1.6…
