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WARREN, Mich. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was in the Detroit area last Saturday, as part of the road show that former President Donald Trump brings to his political rallies these days. When it was her turn to speak, she decided to take a swipe at Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the Biden administrations efforts to support the purchase of electric vehicles.

Democrats like Pete Buttigieg want to emasculate the way we drive and force all of you to rely on electric vehicles, Greene said.

The part of the quote that jumped out at me and, I bet, jumped out at you too is the word emasculate. Buttigieg is gay and the word choice, almost certainly deliberate, sounds a lot like an attempt to question his masculinity or attack his sexuality.

If so, it wouldnt be the first time. Greene has a long history of such comments, as HuffPosts Josephine Harvey noted this week , including the time she said that mom and dad have been replaced by Chasten and Pete Buttigieg and their designer babies. Our society is sick.

But put aside Greenes not-even-thinly-disguised homophobia, at least for the moment, and focus on the other part of her quote from Saturday namely, her attacks on EVs.

This too is familiar territory.

The Biden administration has made support for EVs a top priority. The Inflation Reduction Act , the spending bill that Biden signed over the summer, included new tax credits for people who purchase EVs as well as businesses that open up charging stations. Greene has been critical of this effort from the get-go, and in February posted a 21-part tweetstorm calling the Biden plan which, at that point, was still under discussion a one way ticket to hell.