WASHINGTON — Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, has come under fire from conservatives on social media for boasting about driving her electric vehicle from her home state capital to D.C. over the weekend amid skyrocketing gas prices.
During a Senate Finance Committee hearing Tuesday that included a discussion with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about record-high gas prices, Stabenow mentioned that she waited a long time for the microchips necessary to buy an electric vehicle.
"I got it and drove it from Michigan to here this last weekend and went by every single gas station, it didn't matter how high it was," said Stabenow. "I'm looking forward to the opportunity for us to move to vehicles that aren't going to be dependent on the whims of the oil companies and international markets."
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