The Biden administration claimed the need to ban gas stoves “reached a boiling point” before the conversation really got heated.
In January, Richard Trumka Jr., a Biden appointee to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), triggered an avalanche of headlines when he told Bloomberg News, “any option is on the table” regarding gas stove regulation.
“Products that can’t be safe can be banned,” Trumka said.
The comment draws on left-wing myths that gas stoves are a primary source of respiratory problems through indoor emissions. Such claims, however, have nothing to do with science and everything to do with radical climate activism.
Corporate outlets jumped to downplay the administration’s threat after public outcry forced the White House to backtrack such regulations.
“The president does not support banning gas stoves,” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. “And the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which is independent, is not banning gas stoves. I just want to be very clear on that.”
“No, Biden Is Not Trying to Ban Gas Stoves,” read a headline from the New York Times that was later changed to “Ban Gas Stoves? Just the Idea Gets Some in Washington Boiling.”
Other outlets framed conservatives as the aggressors even as nearly 100 cities have already banned the gas appliance. Another 20 states are considering similar regulations, according to the Washington Examiner.
“Republicans turn up the heat on a new culture war target: gas stoves,” read a headline from the Guardian.
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