Loading ...The demos of Virginia want to mandate electric cars too.
Though Republicans took control of the Virginia House of Delegates and elected Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) last year, the Democratic Party still controls the Virginia Senate by a single vote. However, state Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-VA) has been known to break ranks with his colleagues.
Youngkin opposes the legislation and has expressed support for repealing the law — an outcome that would be most probable if Republicans gain control of the Virginia Senate in this year’s elections.
In an effort to turn Virginia into California, liberal politicians who previously ran our government sold Virginia out by subjecting Virginia drivers to California vehicle laws,” Youngkin wrote. “Now, under that pact, Virginians will be forced to adopt the California law that prohibits the sale of gas and diesel-fueled vehicles. I am already at work to prevent this ridiculous edict from being forced on Virginians. California’s out of touch laws have no place in our Commonwealth.”
Washington and Massachusetts have likewise enacted legislation conforming the states to standards passed by the California Air Resources Board. “This is a critical milestone in our climate fight,” Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) said on social media while expressing support for the new regulations.
On a national level, Democratic officials have been similarly eager to phase out internal combustion vehicles while incentivizing the purchase of electric cars. The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden signed earlier this month, greenlit $7,500 tax credits for the purchase of new electric vehicles — even as Ford and GM raised their electric vehicle prices by approximately the same amount.