Tim Walz state employee allegedly caused $20K in damage vandalizing Teslas — weeks after governor mocked automaker’s stock prices
A Minnesota state employee was reportedly busted for allegedly causing approximately $20,000 in damage while vandalizing Teslas — just weeks after failed vice presidential candidate and Gov. Tim Walz publicly mocked the electric car company’s falling stock.
Dylan Bryan Adams, a 33-year-old fiscal policy analyst for the North Star State, was arrested on suspicion of keying multiple Teslas in Minneapolis while out walking his dog in an act of destruction caught on vehicle surveillance, according to a Minnesota-based crime watch account.
Adams was allegedly seen approaching a vehicle from the Elon Musk-owned automaker with his dog and then abruptly dragging his keys down the side of the car, stripping what appeared to be paint off the electric vehicles, the watchdog group posted to X Friday.
The same pup seemingly appeared in each video the crime watch account posted.
Other alarming footage showed a man, believed to be Adams, aggressively carving into two separate Teslas.
Adams, who works for Minnesota’s Department of Human Services, is not a political appointee in Walz’s administration, a spokesperson for the governor told The Post Friday night.
The alleged vandal is one of more than 40,000 state employees, the rep added.
His charges are reportedly pending.
The Post has reached out to the Minneapolis Police Department and Minnesota State Police.
The suspected arrest comes nearly a month after Walz said watching Tesla’s stock price plummet gave him “a little boost during the day” during a rally in Wisconsin.
“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, 61, bellowed.
“And if you own one, we’re not blaming you. You can take dental floss and pull the Tesla thing off,” he added, later attempting to walk back the remarks by claiming it was “a joke.’
The FBI launched a task force last month and is treating attacks on Teslas as “domestic terrorism” following an uptick in incidents targeting the electric car company in an apparent protest against Musk for his role leading President Trump’s cost-cutting Department of Environmental Efficiency.
Vandals nationwide have set fire and destroyed Tesla cars, dealerships and charging stations in the weeks following Trump’s inauguration.
“I think a great wrong is being done to the people of Tesla and to our customers,” the DOGE chief told Fox News “Special Report” host Bret Baier last month.
“I mean, Tesla’s a peaceful company that has made great cars, great products — that’s all it’s done,” the 53-year-old argued.
