--- title: "Marjorie Taylor Greene Mocked for Saying the Gas Prices for Electric Cars Are Too High" description: "Marjorie Taylor Greene's speech at Trump's Vegas rally included some soundbite-packed word salad about gas prices for... electric vehicles?" date: "2024-06-11" modified: "2024-06-11" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/marjorie-taylor-greene-gas-prices-electric-cars" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "conspiracy theories" - "electric vehicles" - "marjorie taylor greene" - "the digest" --- # Marjorie Taylor Greene Mocked for Saying the Gas Prices for Electric Cars Are Too High ![Marjorie Taylor Greene's speech at Trump's Vegas rally included some soundbite-packed word salad about gas prices for... electric vehicles?]() *\Image: Allison Bailey / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty / Futurism\* ## Bad Math At a [Sunday rally]() for former reality TV star and current presidential candidate Donald Trump, far-right Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene attempted to dunk on electric vehicles, arguing that — well, it's hard to say what she was arguing, exactly. But rest assured, she doesn't like 'em! "If you think gas prices are high now, just wait until you're forced to drive an electric vehicle," Greene [told rally-goers](), who, after a brief pause, began to boo in agreement. "America is sick of it," she added. Of course, as electric cars are powered by electricity and not by gasoline, it's unclear what her point is or what Americans are sick of. Is she confusing EVs with hybrids, which use gasoline to generate electricity? Is she claiming that powering electric cars is more expensive than fueling up a gas-guzzler, [which it definitely isn't]()? Or — as the congresswoman is no stranger to [transportation-related conspiracies]() — is the language that EVs are being "forced" upon Americans a dog whistle to an [unsubstantiated conspiracy theory]() claiming the Biden administration is artificially jacking up gas prices as a means to push Americans [towards the electric market](), where the government is offering certain tax credits to facilitate a national shift to clean energy? Unclear. But at the end of the day, the audience seemed to like the buzzword-loaded soundbite salad. ## Gas Guzzlers We weren't the only ones with questions about the Georgia rep's statement. "You can't make this crap up," famed novelist and anti-Trump poster Stephen King [responded]() on X-formerly-Twitter. "Not an economist," [added]() another X user, "but I believe she has supply/demand backwards." But while many mocked Greene's words, we should note that a sizeable amount of the internet referenced that aforementioned conspiracy as they flocked to support the congresswoman. "Of course they're raising gas prices as an 'incentive' to buy a shitty EV," another netizen [wrote]() in response to King's denouncement, further claiming that the alleged incentivization plot is connected to a [still-in-pilot-testing California effort]() to tax gas and electric drivers on miles driven, as opposed to a tax on fuel usage. Our heads hurt, so in sum: electric cars are powered by electricity. The current presidential administration is offering tax credits to American consumers looking to purchase greener, American-made electric vehicles, but that's because global warming is [real]() and [burning fossil fuels]() contributes to most of it. Much of the electric grid is still powered by fossil fuels, but there are state and federal [efforts]() to reduce those dependencies, too. Anyway. Be skeptical, not conspiratorial. And please, touch grass. **More on non-conspiratorial EV concerns:** [*Electric Cars Are Twice as Likely to Hit Pedestrians, Researchers Find*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()