Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) announced this morning that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has won his 2022 Friend of Fossil Fuels Award. 

This award is given to individuals who preach a green agenda but are climate hypocrites in real life. While Friends of Fossil Fuels wage a war on traditional energy, they’re really helping the industry every time they take a private flight. 

Secretary Buttigieg has championed Green New Deal initiatives and has advocated for the federal workforce to transition to electric vehicles. All the while, he’s taken at least 18 private flights using taxpayer-funded jets. Buttigieg previously faced scandal after publicly saying he rode a bike to work in Washington, DC, to save the environment only for cameras to catch him putting his bike in the trunk of a large, gas-guzzling SUV that followed him the whole trip.

“Rules for thee, but not for me – it’s the mantra of the left,” said Rep. Hern. “They want middle- and working-class Americans to feel bad for putting gas in their cars to get to work, but they’ll still fly private. The hypocrisy is infuriating for millions of Americans struggling to heat their homes as a result of Biden’s war on energy.”

Rep. Hern previously gave the Friend of Fossil Fuels Award to Biden Climate Czar John Kerry.

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