The tech billionaire slammed the Minnesota governor as a “huge jerk” for poking fun at the company’s stock market troubles.

Some Democrats on Capitol Hill have invested in Tesla in recent weeks, even amid the anti-Musk furor.

Investors handicap risk all the time, and Elon Musk presents what they call “key-man risk.” Normally, what investors mean by this term is that an individual, often a CEO or founder, is so vital to the successful operation of the business that to lose him or her would be a severe loss.