Mark Kelly Tells on Himself When Asked Why He Traded His Tesla for a Gas-Guzzling SUV

One of the more unintentionally amusing things we've seen from leftists since President Trump's inauguration have been the announcements about how they are getting rid of their Tesla vehicles in protest of the company's CEO, Elon Musk, and his senior advisory role with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Among the virtue-signalers has been singer/entertainer Sheryl Crow, who made a big show of waving goodbye to her Tesla in a video shared to Instagram back in February.

"My parents always said... you are who you hang out with. There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with," she wrote at the time. "So long Tesla. Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes that the truth will continue to find its way to those willing to know the truth."

Another one was Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) who, in a video shared to his social media accounts in mid-March, declared that he wouldn't be a Tesla owner anymore because he could no longer stand to be associated with a person who he said was “slashing/cutting” a lot of programs and who he claimed “turned out to be an a*****e.”

What was most notable, however, about Kelly ditching his Tesla was what he purchased to replace it. It wasn't another electric vehicle. It was a gas-guzzling Chevy Tahoe:

Mark Kelly spent at least $71,000 to ditch his Tesla Model S Performance - which he previously bragged had "zero emissions" - for an SUV which gets 17 miles to the gallon.

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— Zach Parkinson (@AZachParkinson) March 14, 2025

While conservatives were quick to point out Kelly's double standards, no one in the mainstream media saw fit to ask him why he bought a vehicle that goes against just about everything climate change activists stand for in place of one that they (and he) previously applauded before the Musk Derangement Syndrome stuff started.

But on Friday, a video was shared to the Twitter/X machine showing Kelly finally being asked about the inconsistency.

Here's how the conversation went down:

Reporter: "Speaking of Musk, since you got rid of your car, what do you say to people who say, 'Why didn't he get another EV to fight climate change?' What made you decide --"

Kelly: "Well, I have the same car in Arizona. Same car; I really like it. It's union-made. It's a great car. I drive about 2,000 miles a year here in Washington, DC, and I really like Chevys. I've had really good luck with them. And the one I just got, by the way, the way everything works - a lot better than the Tesla. I like the performance of the Tesla, some of the stuff inside - bad ergonomics."

Reporter: "Did you like the no emissions on the Tesla, though, being electric?"

Kelly: (Reluctantly) "Yeah, yeah. You know, I--"

Reporter: "'Cause the truck doesn't get very good miles per gallon."

Kelly: "I bought the Tesla for its performance. That thing was really fast. Um, but there were also things I didn't like about it. And I couldn't drive it anymore. I mean, the guy's calling me names. You saw that."

Reporter: "I did see that. Thanks, Senator."

Watch:

Sen. Mark Kelly defends his decision to replace his @Tesla EV with a gas Chevy Tahoe, despite previously calling for action on climate change. pic.twitter.com/Wo9wrlsJMS
— Nicholas A Ballasy (@NicholasBallasy) April 11, 2025

So Kelly went from praising no emissions on the Tesla in the past to now claiming it didn't really matter, it was about how fast it was and the "performance."

Further, he pretty much point-blank admitted that he got rid of it not because of DOGE or the actions Musk has taken since its creation but because his feelings were hurt after Musk called him a "traitor" in response to a thread Kelly wrote last month amid the fallout from the Trump-Zelensky meeting.

In it, Kelly bashed President Trump’s Ukraine-Russia ceasefire negotiations, implicitly suggesting in the same series of tweets that Trump putting conditions on Ukraine for support instead of writing a blank check was like abandoning an ally in their time of need.

The timing makes sense, considering that DOGE did its thing for a full two months before Kelly made his decision, which came three or four days after their heated Twitter/X exchange about Ukraine.

In a nutshell, according to Kelly, everybody else should buy EVs and do whatever they can to fight so-called climate change. But he gets a pass for his two-faced nature on this issue because he filed a Hurt Feelings Report on Elon Musk over a mean tweet? What an absolute fraud.

President Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE are bringing much-needed accountability to our out-of-control government as they take a chainsaw to rampant waste, fraud, and abuse.

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