In another installment of things Republicans say that are so stupid you just can't make them up, Washington state rep Ed Orcutt, a Republican, claimed in an email to a constituent regarding a bike tax he supported, that bicycles were bad for the environment because they caused cyclists to have “an increased heart rate and respiration".
Reached for comment, he added that:
“You would be giving off more CO2 if you are riding a bike than driving in a car,” Seriously, he said these things, according to the Seattle Bike Blog.