Taylor Greene Says Biden's Plan for 500k Charging Stations 'Ticket to Hell'

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has described President Joe Biden's plan to provide $7.5 billion in funding for electric vehicle charging stations as a "one way ticket to hell."

The Biden administration announced details on Thursday about a program to build a national electric vehicle charging network. The network was funded as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill that the president signed into law last November.

In a long thread posted to Greene's official Twitter account on Friday, the Georgia Republican insisted that the plan was "really part of the Green New Deal" and a Democratic plot to force Americans to buy Chinese-made car batteries while destroying the U.S. fossil fuel industry.

"Zero dollars should be appropriated in the budget to pay for the $7.5 BILLION allocated in Biden's Infrastructure plan to build 500,000 Electric Vehicle charging stations," tweeted Greene. "This is a one way ticket to hell and can be stopped if we refuse to fund it."

"Not only do Democrats want to force us to drive EVs with no choice AND rely on China to buy our future EV batteries, Dems want to force us to end US oil production and gas and diesel refineries, of which we have an abundance and can independently fuel our own vehicles," Greene added.

"Biden's government forced EV plan is really part of the Green New Deal," she continued. "The GND is an America last plan that Americans do not want. Congress must never fund the Green New Deal."

Greene also maintained that Americans who had what she called "hard earned degrees from the school of Hard Knox" and the "wisdom of Common Sense" would be able tell that the charging station plan would be an "epic failure" once they knew its details.

The congresswoman complained that the funds would not "fully pay" for the administration's National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which was established as part of the infrastructure law.

Greene warned that "Democrats worship the climate religion" and an energy crisis would be created due to increased charging demands after "Comrade Uncle Sam" forces Americans to buy electric cars.

Biden has set a target of 500,000 vehicle charging stations in the U.S. by 2030, with around 100,000 of the stations already in place. The administration is hoping that half of all new vehicles sold during the same year will be electric.

Vice President Kamala Harris said that the plan to build more charging stations was intended "to make electric vehicles accessible for everyone" while speaking to reporters at a station in December, adding that "the future of transportation in our nation and around the world is electric."

The Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Energy (DOE) jointly announced on Thursday that $5 billion of the allocated money would be used to build the stations as part of the NEVI program.

"A century ago, America ushered in the modern automotive era; now America must lead the electric vehicle revolution," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement.

"The President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help us win the EV race by working with states, labor, and the private sector to deploy a historic nationwide charging network that will make EV charging accessible for more Americans," he added.

The other $2.5 billion that was funded by the infrastructure law will go to a grant program to help build additional stations, including those in "rural and underserved communities."

Further details about the grant program are expected be announced later this year. Greene suggested that the delay was because the administration believes that taxpayers "don't deserve to know the plan."

Newsweek reached out to the DOE, the DOT and the White House for comment.