Buttigieg Torched On Social Media

Buttigieg Torched On Social Media For Being Open To Taxing Motorists Per Mile By Jon Brown

Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg participated in a “Moving America Forward: A Presidential Candidate Forum on Infrastructure, Jobs, and Building a Better America” at University of Nevada February 16, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was ridiculed on social media on Friday for expressing openness to a policy that would pay for President Joe Biden’s massive infrastructure budget by taxing motorists for each mile they drive.

“So, I think that shows a lot promise,” Buttigieg said regarding a mileage-based tax during an interview with CNBC. “If we believe in that so-called ‘user-pays principle,’ the idea that part of how we pay for roads is you pay based on how much you drive. The gas tax used to be the obvious way to do that; it’s not anymore.”

“So, a so-called ‘vehicle-miles-traveled tax’ or ‘mileage tax,’ whatever you want to call it, could be a way to do it,” Buttigieg added.

Many pundits took to social media to blast Buttigieg for floating such an idea, which many claimed would be a further burden on the poor.

“Truly brilliant way to completely screw over lower income and middle class Americans! And every single person living in a rural area who has to drive far to get places! Just brilliant Pete, truly,” wrote “The View” cohost Meghan McCain.

“Pete Buttigieg is what happens when you put white, upper class Millennial residents of college towns in charge,” tweeted The Daily Wire’s Emily Zanotti. “I bet he writes strongly worded posts when someone parks their Prius in his bike lane[.]”

“Here comes a new tax that will hit the poor and middle class the hardest. Joe Biden’s Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg says the Biden administration is considering taxing drivers for every mile they drive to fund their big spending,” wrote congressional candidate Robby Starbuck.

“Once again, Biden and Secretary ‘Pete’ hurting the poor and middle class most with ‘miles travelled’ tax,” said Fox News host Laura Ingraham.

Journalist Ryan James Girdusky offered Buttigieg’s tax idea as a great plan for “how to screw over the working class.”