Yesterday, the Republican outrage industrial complex went into overdrive over gas stoves. Several Texas Republicans, including Congressman Ronny Jackson, were adamant that the federal government and Joe Biden were coming after gas stoves.
Not that it’s ever stopped Jackson before, but that claim is not even remotely true. Instead, it’s another notch in a long cycle of conservative bedwetting over things that aren’t happening.
But how did it start?
The apoplectic fury from Republicans came from reports that show that one member of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wanted to discuss the potential for regulating the use of gas stoves. The other four members of the commission did not share his views and so the matter was not brought up at their latest meeting.
The rightwing media chamber, however, latched onto the notion that somewhere one person wanted to regulate gas stoves. And from there a new culture war was born. Many conservatives, including Jackson, went to social media to blast President Biden for something he is not doing.
Cruz also got in on the outrage action. He quote-tweeted an image of Dr. Jill Biden cooking in front of a gas stove in 2020 with the caption “rules for thee but not for me.”
Jackson also quote-tweeted that same image of Dr. Jill Biden and added quotations around “doctor.” (Jill Biden has a Doctorate of Education from the University of Delaware). Jackson’s tweet also had a link for a fundraising website with an image of a gas stove...
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