Posted on 04/05/2021 10:51:20 AM PDT by John Semmens
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was caught on video faking his environmentally-friendly commute to work this week. The meme he was trying to communicate is that he cares so much about the environment that he bicycles to work every day. The official video of this shows him arriving at his office peddling happily along the street. The unofficial video captured by a wary observer showed Buttigieg hopping on a bicycle a few blocks from his office building after having unloaded the bike from a gas-guzzling, armor-plated SUV that had driven him most of the way.
Buttigieg brushed aside criticism of his apparent hypocrisy, saying that "the amount of fuel consumed and pollution emitted by my SUV transport is minuscule in the context of the whole climate change crisis. The special accommodations for those us us tasked with running this country aren't important. The behavior of the hundreds of millions of ordinary people are what really matters. To encourage them to conserve energy and decrease emissions, the official video in which I appear to be cycling to work demonstrates the choice we want more of them to make. This is one of those instances in which looking good is better than being good, especially when being good would result in me arriving at work sweaty and smelly."
The Secretary's hypocrisy wasn't limited to his fake cycling virtue. He is also an ardent proponent of strong gun control laws. Yet, he was accompanied by armed guards every inch of the way—a circumstance he justified by pointing out that "DC is a dangerous city. Crime rates are very high, especially shootings. It would've been irresponsible of me to go out on the streets without this necessary safety precaution."
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My carbon footprint is minuscule in the overall scheme of things too Pete.
Yet, Buttigieg feels the need to rub the public nose in his hyprocracy. Which is telling. And he knows it.
A study should be made. The carbon footprint of the average “climate change” politician vs the carbon footprint of the average American. I would be willing to place a wager on the results.
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