Can we stigmatize ICE cars in the US as /unpatriotic/?

The US depends on foreign countries for oil, obviously. Consider as well that there is a national speed limit, even though road regulation is at the state level of jurisdiction. The national speed limit had nothing to do with safety. It exists as a as a national security measure to control US dependency on foreign oil.

So naturally when someone fuels their ICE¹ car in the US, they are working against the country. They are contributing to the foreign dependency problem. Somewhat ironically, republicans tend to drive gas guzzling SUVs and oversized pickups. These are the same people who are hell-bent on national security -- and who have also hi-jacked the US flag and repurposed it to equate republican politics with patriotism. The foolishness is on display when they attach US flags to their F350 pickups.

US addiction to oil is a bipartisan problem. Dems are also addicted to the convenience of cars to the extreme extent of voting out a California democrat who vowed to impose a fuel tax. Cowardly hypocrits indeed.

There was an attempt by democrats to stigmatize tax avoidance and anti-tax policy as “unpatriotic”. Superficially that would be a wise move, but it failed. Republicans just laugh at that because they have made themselves the definition of patriotic. They can just as well argue that tax hostility is inherently American.

But what about fuel? The republicans would have no viable argument to make against the contradiction of burning oil with patriotism. If dems could pull that off, they could take back the flag.

¹ Internal Combustion Engine