Elon Musk calls quarantine measures 'fascist' Published on April 30, 2020 at 04:55AM by Faiz Siddiqui, The Washington Post Elon Musk launched into an expletive-laden rant on Tesla's earnings call Wednesday, calling shelter-in-place orders "fascist" and demanding political officials give back their freedom. "To say that they cannot leave their house and they will be arrested if they do, this is fascist," he said, before the call abruptly cut out. "This is not democratic-this is not freedom." The company was forced to shut down its Fremont, California, factory just as it was ramping up production for its Model Y, the crossover vehicle it expects to be its best-selling product. The comments followed Tesla posting a slight profit Wednesday, a lukewarm signal as worries mounted about the electric carmaker's trajectory amid the global pandemic. The company said first-quarter profit came in at $16 million, down compared with the past two con