Musk calls coronavirus shelter-in-place orders 'fascist'

Elon Musk reached the revised deal with the SEC after the agency claimed he was in contempt of a settlement stemming from allegedly fraudulent tweets sent almost a year ago about taking Tesla private. — (REUTERS)

Michael Martinez

April 30, 2020 12:01 AM

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday called statewide shelter-in-place orders that have shuttered his Fremont, Calif., factory and prevented a first-quarter delivery record "fascist," dropping multiple expletives and railing against what he called an infringement on individual freedoms.

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