California’s War on Freedom Why the Electric Car Mandate Could Destroy American Choice Forever

California used to stand for freedom. Now, it’s turning into a playground for radical leftist control freaks determined to bully Americans into surrendering their choices. The latest disaster? The so-called “electric vehicle mandate,” where the politicians in Sacramento try to dictate what people can drive. Forget personal freedom or common sense. The state that built hot rods and highways now wants to force drivers into overpriced, unreliable electric cars nobody asked for.

It’s no shock that the Trump administration saw right through this nonsense. The Department of Justice wasted no time going after California for its arrogant, illegal EV agenda. It’s about time someone stood up for the millions of Americans who just want to buy the cars they want, not what some green lunatics demand. California is not a socialist experiment. It’s supposed to be part of the United States.

Democrat bureaucrats say they care about the environment. But behind the phony virtue-signaling, it’s the same old story—more government, less freedom. These mandates will punish working-class families, trigger job losses in the auto industry, and hand more power to globalist elites and their “renewable energy” buddies in China. The left claims it’s about saving the planet, but they’d rather destroy American industry and independence to push their dream of total control.

What happened to letting adults make their own decisions? Progressives used to claim they were all about “choice”—these days, it’s big-government or else. If you dare to like big trucks or classic cars, you can forget living in California. This is what happens when out-of-touch liberals get their way: families foot the bill, the elites feel smug, and small businesses get crushed.

Mandating electric cars is as un-American as telling people how much soda they can drink or what kind of stove they can own. The Trump DOJ was right to fight back. Maybe it’s time the rest of the country asked itself—how much personal freedom are we willing to lose before we say enough is enough?

Source: Redstate