Watch: Buttigieg dismantles MAGA lawmaker’s 'factually incorrect' claims at EV hearing

27 June 2024

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pennsylvania) have a history of clashing on environmental policies and electric vehicles, and the two of them butted heads once again during a congressional hearing on Thursday morning, June 6.

When Perry grilled Buttigieg, he responded to the far-right MAGA congressman's claims about the Biden Administration's "dictatorial" policies on electric vehicles — and gave him a thorough fact-check.

The Democratic transportation secretary told Perry, "Given time is limited, I will confine myself to addressing the factually incorrect portions of what you have said — beginning with the assertion that EV sales are going down. They are, in fact, going up."

When Perry claimed that those EV sales are "government sales," Buttigieg responded that he was referring to "private sales too."

"More private citizens buy EVs than government purchases," Buttigieg told Perry.

The Biden transportation secretary went on to tell Perry, "Let me address the second factual mistake in these remarks, which is that EV costs are getting higher. They are, in fact, getting lower, and according to J.D. Power, have now reached parity or are slightly lower than gas-powered cars."

Buttigieg also address EV sales for 2024's first quarter, adding, "The third incorrect assertion you made is that sales dropped in Q1; they did not drop in Q1 compared to the previous year."

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