Cassandra Peterson—better known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark—bought a Tesla back in 2015. Like many others, she began to have buyer’s remorse upon realizing how much of a loser and alleged Nazi Elon Musk had revealed himself to be over the years.
Most people, upon realization, would quietly sell the car on Craigslist, but Elvira, in showgirl fashion, decided to make a whole event around donating her now-disgraced automobile.
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In a video posted on Instagram, she shows off a custom paint job done on the side of the Tesla reading “Elon Sux” in bold font with the x at the end, modeled after the logo for Elon’s God-awful rebranding of Twitter.
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The video was also captioned with a reference to the email Musk sent to federal employees demanding they share five things they have accomplished over the past week. Elvira’s was: “Woke up, brushed my teeth, signed autographs, your mom, and Got a new paint job on my Tesla!”
She continued to drive around Portland in the aptly-named Elon Sux mobile, drawing applause, fist bumps, and blown kisses as she cruised by Tesla showrooms.
All this culminated in the Elon Sux mobile ultimately getting donated to the National Public Radio over the weekend in order to help financially support independent journalism and stand up to the Trump administration’s threat to defund public broadcasting.
In a video that has since gone viral, the Tesla is shown being towed while ACDC’s “Highway to Hell” plays in the background. As for Elvira, she’s shown in style, dressed in a blazer and a black cap that says “Make America Goth Again.”, Throughout the video, she is seen waving around a chainsaw in mockery of Elon’s appearance on stage at CPAC.
She then smiles and waves away the car before giving it the finger at the end, adding further insult to injury to Tesla’s rapidly declining stock.
Elvira truly is a national treasure.
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