Elon Musk said he took the backlash against his electric automaker Tesla personally, though he declined to say he regretted the political activity that sparked the "massive violence." There were largely peaceful protests against Tesla and Musk around the world in response to the billionaire's spearheading of federal spending cuts in the U.

Tesla employees have largely refrained from speaking out about protests against the automaker. Matthew LaBrot wants to change that.