Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy hit a raw nerve during Thursday’s news briefing when he tried to get President Joe Biden’s press secretary to tell us all just how much financial pain the president expects of us all where it concerns Joe’s cause célèbre, the electric vehicle.
Doocy specifically cited the affordability problems of the electric cars that Biden keeps trying to push on America. But he didn’t get far into the discussion before press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre cut him off and refused to speak any further on the issue.
Doocy pointed out that new electric vehicles are currently far more expensive than new gas-powered cars, and even with more expensive gasoline, EVs are simply not cost-effective.
Yet Biden continues to claim he wants to destroy the oil industry and insists that all Americans need to buy electric cars. Doocy wanted to know just how much of this “painful transition” Biden expects of Americans.
“A lot of people can’t afford a $60,000 electric car, and they also are having a hard time affording gas right now. That sounds like a painful transition,” he said.
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“So how much of that kind of pain is the president OK with?”
“No, that transition,” Jean-Pierre started, then stopped and started over. “We are in a transition to clean energy. That is something that — that is important. It is going to create jobs, when you think about electric vehicles. It is going to give — give families some — some tax credits. It’s going to be really important to have — “
But that was not really a reply to the question he’d asked, so Doocy hammered on the subject: “But right now, who can afford an electric car? The average price is $61,000. Is that a realistic? Is that the choice: $5.00-a-gallon gas or a $61,000 electric car?
Instead of delivering a serious answer, Jean-Pierre cut Doocy’s line of inquiry short and accused him of somehow comparing apples to oranges.
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