Republicans are now mad that Pete Buttigieg drives his family around in a minivan

Republicans have attacked out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for pretty much everything he does and even many things he hasn’t done: not visiting the site of the Ohio train derailment, visiting the site of the Ohio train derailment, falling asleep on a plane, traveling at all, planes getting grounded, Japanese airports losing luggage, taking care of his kids when they’re sick….

And now they’re mad at him for driving a minivan since he and his husband adopted two kids.

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She’s now blaming Buttigieg for a potential pilot shortage in the year 2032.

“We drive a Pacifica. I never thought I was gonna be a minivan person, and then we had kids,” Buttigieg said in a CNBC interview last week. “It’s a plug-in, so it’s a hybrid.”

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The clip of the rather innocuous statement ended up being shared by the Republican National Committee’s research account on X, an account that promises to expose “the lies, hypocrisy, and failed far-left policies of Joe Biden and the Democrat Party.”

While it might not have been entirely clear why the RNC thought that Buttigieg driving a minivan counted as a lie, hypocrisy, or a failed far-left policy, some conservatives in the comments made it clear that they understood it to be a homophobic joke.

I have a feeling, Mayor Pete has long been acquainted with ‘plug-in’s’.✔️😣

— Marla Hohner (@marlahohner) November 3, 2023

"my partner and I need a minivan to transport the kids we trafficked… er, purchased… I mean, adopted!"

— Uncle SwampFox 🦊 (@PlaceboPilled) November 3, 2023

Funny he's also a plug-in.

— Yuma Barnett (@3TEN2Yuma) November 3, 2023

bOoTyJuIcE 🧃

— CHRIS’W0RLD (@CHRISsW0RLD) November 3, 2023

Who’s not throwing up in their mouths right now? pic.twitter.com/573lbqRm68

— Thomas Bell (@tkbell49) November 3, 2023

Others, including Buttigieg’s husband, Chasten Buttigieg, were amazed that Republicans would even care about what kind of automobile he drives.

“I’m starting to think the RNC thinks about my family more than our closest relatives,” Chasten Buttigieg quipped. “Send an address! It’s Christmas card season.”

I’m starting to think the RNC thinks about my family more than our closest relatives. Send an address! It’s Christmas card season. https://t.co/mmy9BQ0Q9y

— Chasten Glezman Buttigieg (@Chasten) November 3, 2023

Is there a point to this, other than to highlight, again, how personable Buttigieg is?

— James McCormick (@cuchulain9) November 3, 2023

What's the crime here? That he drives a minivan?

The RNC is a joke.

— MidwestCharm (@voter_indie) November 3, 2023

Is this supposed to make us mad or something…? Why are you guys so obsessed with this man and his family?

— Dose of Molly (@mnewhard19) November 3, 2023

Pointing out that the Secretary of Transportation is just a normal guy who drives his family around in an electric mini-van isn't the "own" you think it is. pic.twitter.com/s6zCor1GuW

— Rasputin's Hair (@HairRasputin) November 3, 2023

Omg, the Secretary of Transportation drives an EV!!!

The HORROR!!!! pic.twitter.com/QjYyU3sa20

— 🐝 ໓ēຖคē 🥀 (@DenaePFA) November 3, 2023

Pacifica plug in’s are great! I’ve had one for 5 years. I can do most trips during the day without gas. Yet, the gas is there if I need it. Saves so much money.

— Hazel 🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@chelswhitl) November 3, 2023

What's the problem? It's an American-made electric car.

— bklyn skater (@bklyn_skater) November 3, 2023