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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid Marjorie Taylor Greene actually say this?:
"You think gas prices are high now? Wait until you're forced to drive an EV."
On edit---yes she said it.
Link to tweet

wryter2000
(47,940 posts)
Turbineguy
(39,524 posts)whoever says the dumbest things, wins.
Bernardo de La Paz
(59,738 posts)Second prize is two weeks.
Bernardo de La Paz
(59,738 posts)paleotn
(21,053 posts)Shes got one of those telephone pole family trees so common in NW Georgia.
3catwoman3
(27,972 posts)I grew up in western upstate NY, and have never heard this before.
FakeNoose
(39,082 posts)
3catwoman3
(27,972 posts)DU is so educational.
paleotn
(21,053 posts)Lets just say, there's not a lot of diversity in her genome. Gotta be from the south to get that one I guess.
paleotn
(21,053 posts)It means her genetics aren't terribly diverse.
FakeNoose
(39,082 posts)Maybe she really is that stupid ... I don't know. But she definitely thinks her voters are that stupid.
She plays the "dumb blonde" deliberately for the MAGA crowd. If I were a voter in her district I'd be entirely insulted.
Another factor is that she plays dumb for Chump because she knows that he feels threatened by intelligent, educated women. Up until the other day she was still auditioning for the VP job. But that's over now.
I really can't wait until somebody primaries her, but it won't happen for this election.
3catwoman3
(27,972 posts)she plays to perfection.
3catwoman3
(27,972 posts)
Dennis Donovan
(31,059 posts)...or supply and demand?
haele
(14,756 posts)Wondering how the hell she got her Bachelor's Degree.
I guess they just need to chalk up where she is now to long term steroid use.
Haele
zwobble379
(18 posts)Reading the tweet, and then Pete Buttigieg's response to it, I'm not sure he's right. If demand dropped I could see the oil companies cutting back on production to try and maintain a certain level of price so we'd probably have to see. But, I do agree on what he said.... that MTG probably didn't do much thinking about it at all
Kingofalldems
(39,945 posts)Trump's pals in the oil industry.
Torchlight
(5,911 posts)and a the price of barrel of oil reached negative numbers, so I'm not so sure you're right.
ProfessorGAC
(74,889 posts)But, that would stimulate demand for electric. So, it would be a death spiral.
During the peak of COVID, prices fell to lower than the cost to produce. So, they all greatly reduced production. Given the excess inventory, the prices didn't budge in response to production cuts.
We do agree that producers & traders regularly manipulate supply to assure their bets always win.
But, on a more global scale, their power gets greatly diminished.
Eugene
(66,503 posts)Red meat target at low-information voters.
honest.abe
(9,238 posts)Nobody goes there anymore, its too crowded.
DinahMoeHum
(23,220 posts)