Pete Buttigieg eviscerates GOP lawmaker’s complaint about EV subsidies in just one sentence
Progressives are cheering out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg after he responded to a Republican congressmember’s complaints about subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs) by pointing out that oil and gas companies get subsidized.
At a hearing held by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee yesterday, Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL) said that Americans are only buying EVs because “the Biden administration is on a mission to force consumers to buy electric vehicles that they clearly don’t want.”
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“But I imagine most people are aware of that,” Buttigieg said before the Republican showed that he was not, in fact, aware of that.
“The Biden administration is spending billions in subsidies to force consumers to make these decisions,” Bean continued. “They’re only buying them because we’re bribing consumers with $7500 to purchase that vehicle.”
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“Is there a time that you will say, ‘You know what? This is just too expensive, this is just too expensive, we wanna rethink this policy.’ Is there ever a time that you’re gonna say that, that it’s too expensive?” Bean asked.
“If you think this is expensive, wait till you find out how much oil and gas subsidies you’ve been supporting,” Buttigieg shot back.
“Also, wait till you find out the economic impact, that some economists have put it, $15 million every hour or every day, trillions of dollars every year from allowing the environmental conditions in this country and planet to worsen.”
The International Monetary Fund estimates that the U.S. spent $757 billion in 2022 on fossil fuel subsidies, both explicit and implicit. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that electric vehicle tax credits cost the government $85 million in 2023, or 9,000 times less than fossil fuel subsidies from the previous year.
Lol wow, Buttigieg just leveled another GOP lawmaker pic.twitter.com/fWzNQQxIsU— Acyn (@Acyn) June 27, 2024
On social media, people lauded Buttigieg’s response.
Jesus. A massacre. Pete is good at this. https://t.co/rl7HtNBcro— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) June 27, 2024
holy shit https://t.co/eNFFpej11p— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) June 27, 2024
Y’all wanna see a dead body? https://t.co/6OhUdcKK2R— Andrew—Author of America Rises On Substack (@AmoneyResists) June 27, 2024
Hello 911. I’d like to report a murder by Pete Buttigieg. https://t.co/hFxohGdu8W— Art Candee (@ArtCandee) June 27, 2024
yes operator i just witnessed a murder https://t.co/Mp79Wb2ViF— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 27, 2024
I really want to see this guy with more important work.Not that infrastructure isn't important but dang this dude should be crushing much bigger fish— Bill DeMayo (@BDeMayo) June 27, 2024
Pete dragged several House Republicans onto the bus and took them to school. He’s so good at this.— 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢 (@ChidiNwatu) June 27, 2024
This lady is all of us pic.twitter.com/8ZvzXzqzqd— Yasmine Mary, ARNP-FNP-C (@yazzy1967) June 27, 2024
They’re in the minor leagues. Pete is one of the Star Players in the Major league.— Armand Hamouth (@AreMond2) June 27, 2024
I’m literally going to volunteer for @PeteButtigieg campaign when he runs for president again. Dudes a gamer.— Nurf (@MyNameIsNurf) June 27, 2024
I’m literally going to volunteer for @PeteButtigieg campaign when he runs for president again. Dudes a gamer.— Nurf (@MyNameIsNurf) June 27, 2024
I can count a helluva lot of proverbial corpses of Republican politicians who once said, "I can handle Pete Buttigieg." He's good at hearings, good on the debate stage, and just good at politics. Democrats have no better communicator than him, IMHO. pic.twitter.com/p1LgRaofeI— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) June 27, 2024
Good Lord, and thank you, Lord, for Pete Buttigieg. We are not worthy!— Sandy (@sandiechill) June 27, 2024
Whoever had the bright idea to go after Buttigieg needs to have fewer ideas going forward— Leave No Doubt (@TrophyKingston) June 27, 2024
I really hope he runs for President in 2028. I would gladly support his candidacy.— King Tuck MVP SZN (@theorangethrone) June 27, 2024
He's really good at this! He really got those GOP lawmakers!— Emre Yurttas (@emrey35) June 27, 2024
Its so fun to watch him do it— Christopher Ajluni (@Cajluni) June 27, 2024
This is sooooo easy for Pete. #RepublicanSlayer — Yasmine Mary, ARNP-FNP-C (@yazzy1967) June 27, 2024
Very effective communicator. Exactly what we need, agree or no, he's about the issues and policy.— Gauss (@RobertGauss5) June 27, 2024
Yes! We'd save a lot of money if we'd stop subsidizing oil and gas companies! Remind me again why it's necessary to subsidize companies that make billions of dollars annually?— Organized curiosity (@fundthescience) June 28, 2024
Master class in coming to a meeting prepared with facts and receipts — Keith Aloha (@KJNO816) June 27, 2024
President Pete— Nick James the 1st (@nickjamesthe1) June 27, 2024
So, perfect it shows all time how wrong they are. They get shutdown all the time. The thrill is gone it's boring… Wake Up..— Projectfactz (@Projectfactz) June 27, 2024
Why do the cave dwellers keep having this urge to be slapped by Pete?— ϽΓΣⱤẛ∁ (@CholericCleric) June 27, 2024
He is amazingly talented at this.I can’t wait to vote for president Pete in ‘28.— ██🅶🆁🅸🅵██ (@GriFdotpy) June 27, 2024
Go for it, Pete!— Family Addiction Coach Patrick Doyle MSW (@PatrickDoyle_35) June 27, 2024
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