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Joe Mitchell: "Thank God you're getting rid of those awful bike lanes. We don't ride bicycles in Iowa."

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/10/23/joe-mitchell-iowa-trump-rally-sioux-city-bike-lanes/92396650007/

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Over here I mention how amazingly woke and leftist bikes are, and their role in supercharging the feminist movement in the early 20th century. I also link to two good videos about it, by Rebecca Watson and Climate Town.

While I don't really have the stomach for some of the harsher Magneto reversals I've imagined, this is one I can get behind, that we declare automobiles as an instrument of fascism and tyranny that should be condemned for their contribution to global pollution and the climate crisis. And this can be used to justify closing half the streets to motor traffic and limiting gas-run Non-Passenger-Work-Vehicles, (id est SUVs) to a maximum off-highway speed of 25 mph.