Sheryl Crow is the newest 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 offered the automobile, and donated the cash to Nationwide Public Radio, which she stated is “below menace by President Musk.”
Crow — who was as soon as a proud Tesla proprietor — additionally wrote, “My mother and father all the time stated… you might be who you hang around with. There comes a time when it’s important to resolve who you might be keen to align with. So lengthy Tesla.”
Together with her donation to NPR, she expressed a hope that “the reality will proceed to search out its technique to these keen to know the reality.”
Within the feedback, Crow obtained assist from a number of of her musician buddies, together with Margo Worth, 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 just one% of its funding from the federal authorities immediately, however in actuality, a big portion of its revenue depends on authorities assist by the use of the funding offered to native stations, who then buy programming produced by NPR. In keeping with 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 a variety of upcoming tour dates, together with headlining reveals and units on the 2025 iteration of Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Competition tour. Get tickets here.
Earlier this month, Crow supported rising artists with an intimate live performance showcase in Massachusetts.
