Apologies for another post on gas stoves, but there wouldn’t have been any discussion at all had Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. not told Bloomberg that gas stoves were a hidden hazard and that “any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned.” The Washington Post came out with its expert analysis saying that the GOP had thrust gas stoves and President Joe Biden’s green agenda into the culture wars.
AOC called conservatives’ reaction a “meltdown,” and The New Republic notes that no such ban is happening, despite conservatives getting heated on Twitter.
When Richard Trumka, a commissioner with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, told Bloomberg the agency was considering banning gas stoves, conservatives got heated on Twitter. But no such ban is happening. https://t.co/pArcbJVi8G
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) January 12, 2023
Because it worked.
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) January 12, 2023
Remarkable coincidence, that.
— Raising Civic Literacy From the Dead (@raisingcivlit) January 12, 2023
When you think about it, it’s conservatives’ fault that this was raised in the first place. pic.twitter.com/Kdwv8To78v
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) January 12, 2023
But … [furrows brow] … They were "considering" it, right? I mean, you concede that was correct? That "conservatives" weren't just imagining it? So what's your point?
— Power Creek (@powercreek) January 12, 2023
Conservatives saw the trial balloon, reacted to the trial balloon, then are blamed for the trial balloon.
Pretty remarkable.
— Paul Lynd (@allyallpaul) January 12, 2023
The New Republic included this in its piece, demonstrating what a conservative meltdown it really was:
Don’t tread on Florida, and don’t mess with gas stoves! pic.twitter.com/FNETzpuANe
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) January 12, 2023
What was that line about keeping government out of our kitchens?
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AOC responds to the Republican meltdown over gas stoves and the fact that she has one https://t.co/3dyjxKS8yX
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 12, 2023
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