Sheryl Crow is the most recent Tesla proprietor to leap ship within the face of CEO Elon Musk’s actions as a member of the Trump administration.
In a video posted to Instagram on Friday, the “Soak Up the Solar” singer waved goodbye to her Tesla because it was being towed away. Within the caption, she defined that she had bought the car, and donated the cash to Nationwide Public Radio, which she stated is “beneath menace by President Musk.”
Crow — who was as soon as a proud Tesla proprietor — additionally wrote, “My dad and mom all the time stated… you’re who you hang around with. There comes a time when it’s a must to determine who you’re keen to align with. So lengthy Tesla.”
Along with her donation to NPR, she expressed a hope that “the reality will proceed to seek out its option to these keen to know the reality.”
Within the feedback, Crow obtained assist from a number of of her musician mates, together with Margo Value, who wrote “Like to see it,” and Kacey Musgraves, who left two separate feedback studying “Sheryl Queen” and “Sheryl CrowN.”
The transfer comes within the wake of Musk’s actions in Donald Trump’s second administration, together with concentrating on recipients of presidency subsidies. Earlier this month, he tweeted “Defund NPR. It ought to survive by itself.”
On paper, NPR receives only one% of its funding from the federal authorities immediately, however in actuality, a big portion of its revenue depends on authorities assist by means of the funding offered to native stations, who then buy programming produced by NPR. Based on The Hill, $90 million of NPR’s $309 million income in 2021 got here from these programming contracts, with a further $121 million coming from company sponsorships.
In the meantime, Crow has various upcoming tour dates, together with headlining reveals and units on the 2025 iteration of Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Pageant tour. Get tickets right here.
Earlier this month, Crow supported rising artists with an intimate live performance showcase in Massachusetts.
