I say this in the most nonpartisan way possible: JD Vance is one of the most blatantly opportunistic politicians out there. He knows what he's saying is dumb as

I say this in the most nonpartisan way possible: JD Vance is one of the most blatantly opportunistic politicians out there. He knows what he's saying is dumb as hell but doesn't care, because "Open Secrets found that since 2019, Vance has received over $340,000 in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry." > "If you plug it into your wall, people think there's Keebler elves back there making energy in the walls," he said. "It comes, of course, from fossil fuels. So you're manufacturing cars in the dirtiest economy in the world. You're still relying on fossil fuels to produce energy." Let's pretend we don't care about the environment. What response would he have for an EV owner who wants to compare paying $2-5 to charge an EV at home to 100% and never visit a gas station again in their vehicle that goes 0-60 MPH in 2.5 seconds compared to filling up a gas car at $30-70 per tank? By saying that EVs don't help the environment, Vance basically implies that EVs don't save on fossil fuels, but if that isn't true then his fossil fuel donors wouldn't have a problem with him saying a positive word about EVs. > In 2022, in an interview on conservative talk radio, Vance said he didn't think there was a climate crisis. And even if there was, he said, it wouldn't be solved by buying "Chinese manufactured electric vehicles." The most US-assembled and sourced car in America is a Tesla. If you buy a Ford or Lincoln you could be getting a car assembled in Mexico or even China. [1] > In Vance's home state of Ohio, Biden's Inflation Reduction Act is helping fund a $3.5 billion project to produce lithium batteries for electric vehicles and a new clean steel plant in the state run by U.S. steel giant Cleveland Cliffs. ...of course it is. [1] https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/18/business/lincoln-nautilus/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/18/business/lincoln-nautilus/ind...