‘Orwellian’: GOP rift erupts after 57 Republicans work with Dems to protect car ‘kill switch’ plan

Conservatives erupted after dozens of GOP lawmakers rejected an amendment Thursday evening to block funding for a controversial Biden-era vehicle “kill-switch” mandate

GOP privacy hawks warned that failure to block the enforcement of technology that would disable the cars of impaired drivers would grant the government excessive powers over American life. Still, 57 House Republicans joined all but four voting Democrats to tank the amendment in a vote of 164-268.

If the amendment, sponsored by Republican Kentucky Rep.