We are at the point in the election cycle where the Democrats pretend they do not support the unpopular things that they actually support. That includes the forced transition to electric vehicles.
Democrats are getting nervous about their chances in November, and the party’s goal of electric vehicle mandates is one of the first things on the chopping block. Vice President Kamala Harris announced in Michigan that “contrary to what my opponent is suggesting, I will never tell you what kind of car you have to drive.” That’s despite the fact that Harris did exactly that by supporting an electric vehicle mandate bill when she was a senator in 2019 and that the Biden administration (of which she is a part) has imposed that mandate unilaterally.
This is not just an example of Harris running away from everything she believed five years ago to hoodwink voters into thinking she is a centrist, though. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, is similarly trying to run away from her support for the forced transition to electric vehicles.
Politico even admits that while Slotkin and other Democrats aren’t explicitly banning gas-powered cars, the regulations they support are regulating them out of use. The Environmental Protection Agency “estimates the strict regulation could result in more than half of newly sold cars being zero-emission vehicles by early next decade.” Not technically a mandate, just eliminating the alternative options so the only car you can choose to drive is an electric one.
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Republicans have used this attack in races against Democratic House hopefuls as well, including Carl Marlinga in Michigan, Missy Cotter Smasal in Virginia, John Avlon in New York, and Adam Gray in California. It is no surprise why — just eight House Democrats voted in favor of eliminating the Biden administration’s de facto mandate. (Slotkin was not one of those eight.) Democrats, Republicans, and voters know that backdoor electric vehicle mandates are the Democratic Party line, which is why Harris, Slotkin, and others are trying to run away from them down the closing stretch of the election.
The votes speak for themselves, though. Democratic legislators, including Slotkin, have gone on the record with their votes supporting the forced transition to electric vehicles. The states trying to impose these mandates are run by Democrats. Harris and the Democratic Party do want to tell you what kind of car you have to drive — they just want to wait until after you cast your votes so they don’t have to risk appearing as authoritarian as they actually are before Election Day.