“It's absolutely ludicrous in my mind."

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, said in a hearing on Thursday, April 28, regarding his opposition to federal tax credits for electric vehicles. This is not the first time Manchin has expressed his opposition to EV policies; in November 2021 he called the incentives “wrong” and “not American” and in March 2022 he said he was “very reluctant to go down the path of electric vehicles.” Manchin makes millions of dollars annually from the coal industry. (Ars Technica — April 29, 2022)