Stephen Colbert Blasted for Saying He'd Pay $15 for Gas (outsider.com)
One Twitter user wrote: “‘I don’t mind paying $15 a gallon, cause I drive a Tesla’ is a joke, until you realize that it really defines the disconnect between the mentality of celebrities and the people who have to drive to work everyday in a car that costs less than $50k.
"Television host Stephen Colbert is facing criticism for making insensitive remarks about the cost of gas while owning a Tesla himself.". . .
. . .“Since the invasion, oil prices have skyrocketed,” Colbert said on The Late Show. “Today, the average gas price in America hit an all-time record high of over $4 per gallon. Okay, that stings, but a clear conscience is worth a buck or two. I’m willing to pay $4 a gallon. Hell, I’ll pay $15 a gallon because I drive a Tesla. Take that, Putin! We’re not gonna buy our gas from a war criminal,” Colbert said. “We’re gonna buy it from the good guys, Saudi Arabia!”. . .
Late-night host Stephen Colbert says a “clean conscience” is worth the rising price of gas amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
. . ."Earlier on Monday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was criticized for touting the “gas savings of driving” an electric vehicle amid the price spike in gas". . .
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Comment fromom Jesse Mcelroy
: "If any conservative had made that same joke about Obama on national TV I'm sure the the consequences would have been much worse"
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