{"id":2211887,"date":"2024-04-02T22:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T02:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-buttigieg-mocks-people-who-dont-want-electric-vehicles\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T22:53:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T02:53:31","slug":"watch-buttigieg-mocks-people-who-dont-want-electric-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-buttigieg-mocks-people-who-dont-want-electric-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Buttigieg Teases Individuals Opposing Electric Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-buttigieg-mocks-people-who-dont-want-electric-vehicles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2211887&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently ridiculed Americans opposed \u200bto buying electric\u200b vehicles, likening \u200bthem\u2063 to\u200c those skeptical\u2062 about smartphones in the\u2062 early 2000s. \u2064During \u200can interview on Fox News&#8217;\u200c \u201cAmerica\u2019s Newsroom,\u201d he addressed the challenges\u2064 in the electric vehicle market. Despite criticisms, he emphasized consumer interest in EVs and downplayed Tesla&#8217;s sales decline. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg \u2062recently criticized Americans who are hesitant to embrace electric vehicles, drawing a \u2063comparison to the skepticism surrounding smartphones in the early \u200b2000s. Speaking on Fox News&#8217; \u201cAmerica\u2019s Newsroom,\u201d \u2062Buttigieg acknowledged \u2063the hurdles facing the \u2064electric vehicle \u200dmarket \u2062but\u200b highlighted the enduring consumer interest\u2062 in EVs, while minimizing concerns about Tesla&#8217;s sales dip.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/pete-buttigieg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a> mocked Americans this week who do not wish to purchase electric vehicles, comparing them to people who thought in the 2000s that there would only be landline phones.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg made the remarks during a Tuesday Fox News interview on \u201cAmerica\u2019s Newsroom\u201d when asked about the struggling electric vehicle market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTesla sales fell 8.5% the first quarter of this year,\u201d said co-host John Roberts. \u201cFord this week is laying off two thirds of its workforce at the F-150 electric lightning plant. It\u2019s also scaling back a battery production facility because of sagging sales.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEV sales are nowhere near what this president wanted or expected, yet the administration continues to shove them down consumers throats,\u201d he continued. \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg claimed that it was \u201cclear\u201d that consumers want to purchase EVs as he proceeded to dismiss Tesla\u2019s slowing numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s be clear that the automotive sector is moving toward EVs, and we can\u2019t pretend otherwise,\u201d he claimed. \u201cSometimes when these debates happen, I feel like it\u2019s the early 2000s and I\u2019m talking to some people who think that we can just have landline phones forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Pete Buttigieg mocks Americans who don&#8217;t want to be forced into buying electric vehicles:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like it&#8217;s the early 2000s and I&#8217;m talking to some people who think that we can just have landline phones forever.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pz28FEmfVQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Pz28FEmfVQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1775288540382847396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican strategist Matt Whitlock responded to the segment by noting the flaw in Buttigieg\u2019s argument.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the problem \u2013 Democrats think EV\u2019s are to gas-powered cars what cell phones were to landlines,\u201d Whitlock posted on X. \u201cIn reality, EV\u2019s are to gas powered cars what Fyre Fest was to music festivals. Sounded cool, had potential, but was built on false promises and artificial market forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Political commentator Noam Blum posted: \u201cOk but you actually had reasons why cellphones were better than landlines. What\u2019s your argument in favor of EVs other than \u2018they\u2019re newer\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving a landline costs a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of what an electric vehicle costs on average,\u201d said Fox News contributor Joe Concha.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOtherwise, great analogy from the smartest guy in the administration,\u201d Concha mocked.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg teased Americans hesitant about buying electric vehicles, likening them to those who doubted smartphones in the 2000s. During a Fox News interview on &#8220;America\u2019s Newsroom&#8221; on Tuesday, Buttigieg commented on the electric vehicle market\u2019s challenges. &#8220;Tesla sales&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2211888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Pete-Buttigieg-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2211887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Pete-Buttigieg-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}