Fox News's Stupid New Bullshit: What If Joe Biden Turns Off Your Pickup On Election Day?

[Nevilledog]

https://www.wonkette.com/p/fox-newss-stupid-new-bullshit-what

Fox News host Jesse Watters has we guess been on some kind of Reverse Infrastructure Week on his “I Wanna Be Tucker Carlson Please” show lately, insisting last week that Joe Biden’s climate plan is “falling apart” and nobody will ever buy EVs. Then Wednesday night, Watters let his viewers know about a very serious concern he has about the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, explaining that Democrats secretly mandated the auto industry equip every vehicle built with a “kill switch” as soon as 2026, so Big Government can shut down your car or truck!!!

Spoiler: There’s no such requirement. Watters was lying, passing on misinformation that was already debunked back in January. The Infrastructure Law does require the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to develop rules that would require new cars with technology that “passively monitors the performance of a driver,” recognizes squirrelly performance that suggests the driver is impaired, and temporarily shuts the vehicle down. NHTSA hasn’t yet developed the rules, so the details have yet to be worked out. The legislation pretty clearly intends for an automatic onboard system, and nothing in the law says anything about letting a third party like cops or the government shut down cars.

Ted Nugent lied on Facebook on January 2 that “Beginning 2026, a kill switch will be a mandatory feature on vehicles. The device allows the government, the police, and car makers to disable your car from the comfort of their offices.” That’s simply not the case, as fact checks by the AP and by USA Today explained back in January.

Watters was apparently inspired to resurrect the lie because House Republicans want to strip the impaired driving detection mandate out of the law in one of their budget drafts. A brief Washington Times story didn’t mention the bullshit about the BIL mandating a remote “kill switch,” so that’s nice.

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[NCIndie]

1. it's always something

And their viewers never smarten up.

[Efilroft Sul]

2. Get it right, Fox: Biden's going to send out an EMP that disables all the MAGA Rascal scooters.

[yankee87]

3. Space Lasers

I heard that the George Soros Jewish space lasers are going to flatten all pickup trucks.
(sarc)

[AllaN01Bear]

6. and mtg too also.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. snort.

[LiberalFighter]

5. There is a vehicle kill switch on Ted Nugent. Right?

Maybe the vehicle doesn't need one to make it work?

[usonian]

7. We have that now.

It's called TESLA.