US senator says he is ditching his Tesla: ‘Built and designed by an a**hole’

PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) - An Arizona senator has had some choice words for Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk.

Sen. Mark Kelly has fired back at Musk after the senior advisor to President Donald Trump called the lawmaker a “traitor” for visiting Ukraine.

Kelly visited Ukraine last weekend, marking his third visit to the country in less than three years. The senator said in a statement that he visited to “show support for the Ukrainian people.”

Following Musk’s comments upon his return, Kelly told reporters he was looking into selling his Tesla, calling the car “a little janky” and “kind of cheaply built on the inside.”

The Democratic lawmaker then shared on Friday that he was driving his Tesla for the last time.

“Every time I get in this car in the last 60 days or so, it reminds me of just how much damage Elon Musk and Donald Trump are doing to our country,” Kelly shared in a social media video. “Talking about slashing Social Security, cutting health care benefits for poor people, for seniors. It’s one bad thing after the next.”

Adding, “I think it’s time to get rid of it. Elon Musk turned out to be an a**hole, and I don’t want to be driving a car built and designed by an a**hole,” he concluded.

U.S. arms deliveries to Ukraine resumed this week after the Trump administration lifted its suspension of military aid for Kyiv in its fight against Russia’s invasion.