Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg this week used a defective analogy on Fox Information to taunt Individuals for refusing to purchase overpriced, environmentally damaging electrical automobiles. However Individuals on social media gave the inept and elitist Buttigieg a brutal actuality verify afterward.
Buttigieg was a visitor on “America’s Newsroom” with John Roberts and Sandra Smith when he embarrassed himself. Roberts opened by telling Buttigieg in regards to the collapsing Tesla gross sales and auto corporations shedding massive chunks of their workforces at electrical vegetation.
He then pivoted to asking why the Biden regime continued to attempt to shove EVs down everybody’s throats. Buttigieg responded by spinning EV statistics earlier than mocking Individuals proof against EVs being caught up to now, evaluating the state of affairs to individuals who resisted the mobile phone revolution within the early 2000s and needed landline telephones endlessly as a substitute.
WATCH:
Pete Buttigieg disparages Individuals who don’t need to be pressured into electrical automobiles:
“I really feel prefer it’s the early 2000s and I’m speaking to some individuals who suppose that we will simply have landline telephones endlessly.” pic.twitter.com/fnHXMOGdlu
— RNC Analysis (@RNCResearch) April 2, 2024
Related transcript:
Roberts: Tesla gross sales fell 8.5% within the first quarter of this yr. Ford this week is shedding two-thirds of its workforce on the F-150 electrical lighting plant. It’s additionally scaling again a battery manufacturing facility due to sagging gross sales.
EV gross sales are nowhere close to what this president needed or anticipated, but the administration continues to shove them down shoppers’ throats. Why?
Buttigieg: Let’s be clear that the automotive sector is shifting towards EVs, and we will’t faux in any other case. Generally, when these debates occur, I really feel prefer it’s the early 2000s, and I’m speaking to some individuals who suppose that we will simply have landline telephones endlessly.
Social media customers rapidly jumped on the failings in Buttigieg’s arguments. There have been explanation why cell telephones had been higher than landlines, whereas EVs have a number of drawbacks in comparison with gas-powered vehicles and the one method for EVs to be “aggressive” is to crack down on conventional automobiles.
Furthermore, landlines value nearly nothing in comparison with electrical vehicles, and plenty of Individuals nonetheless use them.
That is the issue – Democrats suppose EV’s are to gas-powered vehicles what cell telephones had been to landlines.
In actuality, EV’s are to gasoline powered vehicles what Fyre Fest was to music festivals. Sounded cool, had potential, however was constructed on false guarantees and synthetic market forces. https://t.co/EVONdjLVpa
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) April 2, 2024
Having a landline prices a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of what an electrical automobile prices on common.
In any other case, nice analogy from the neatest man within the administration. https://t.co/thp4UVjTOy
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) April 2, 2024
Okay however you really had explanation why cellphones had been higher than landlines. What’s your argument in favor of EVs apart from “they’re newer”? https://t.co/9ltdQtZt91
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) April 2, 2024
Pete Buttigieg mocks Individuals who don’t need electrical vehicles. There aren’t sufficient Charging Stations what has Pothole Pete been doing for 3 Years? https://t.co/zho3auMBg9
— David Musiker (@DavidMusiker) April 3, 2024
Does Pete suppose the federal authorities banned land traces???
I do know he doesn’t go into the workplace a lot, however isn’t there a telephone on his desk? pic.twitter.com/a8G69bOfHp
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) April 3, 2024
Bear in mind when the federal government put synthetic restrictions in place to coerce shoppers away from landline telephones whereas compelling us to purchase mobile ones?
— JD Breen (@realjdbreen) April 2, 2024
Don’t landlines nonetheless exist? And, don’t they work?
— readingmylifeaway (@AliceCaterpill1) April 2, 2024