"Gas stoves!" freak-out is the least convincing fake Republican outrage ever

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"Gas stoves!" freak-out is the least convincing fake Republican outrage ever
Suddenly the party that despises kale and Dijon mustard wants to pretend they're precious about culinary techniques

By AMANDA MARCOTTE
Senior Writer
PUBLISHED JANUARY 19, 2023 6:00AM (EST)


(Salon) Desperate, as usual, to talk about anything but their actual policies — much less their party's widespread corruption — Republicans spent MLK weekend pretending they believe gas stoves are in imminent danger of being banned, and also that they care. As many reporters carefully documented, the impetus behind this massive bout of feigned outrage was a comment from an official at the Consumer Product Safety Commission about the future possibility of a slow phase-out of gas stoves that would likely take decades, in response to reports that the stoves are linked to respiratory illness, especially in children. Within minutes, this banal story about a non-existent ban was turned into a lie about President Joe Biden kicking in your door to steal your precious gas stove.

"If the maniacs in the White House come for my stove, they can pry it from my cold dead hands," Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Tex., tweeted. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex. — essentially a chatbot that churns out culture war nonsense — falsely accused Democratic of being hypocrites for having gas stoves they never said they intended to ban. Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., tweeted out a stove-based Gadsen flag, declaring, "don't mess with gas stoves!" So on and so forth. Very predictable and very, very dumb.

There have been many thoughtful responses to this faux hysteria, carefully detailing how massive a lie it is, how no one is banning gas stoves, and how Republicans gin up these pretend panics to avoid talking about real issues. "Everything becomes identity politics," Alex Shephard writes for The New Republic. "The right has long since stopped trying to come up with solutions to problems like climate change."

All good and true, of course, but frankly, I couldn't even get that far, because I was laughing too hard at these ridiculous Republican men pretending they could even tell you what kind of stove they have in their homes, much less give nuanced opinions on culinary techniques. Right up until last week, it was a standard view on the right that the only testicle-preserving foods to consume are deep-fried, and that being a foodie automatically makes you queer and/or a woman. This is the party that screams vitriol at the mere mention of kale and obsessively dunked on President Barack Obama for even acknowledging the existence of arugula or Dijon mustard. Who coined the term "latte liberal." This is the party of Donald Trump, who made a point of bragging about how he subsisted on takeout burgers, implying all other food consumption is emasculating. They've even alienated themselves from the supposedly masculine art of grilling to the point where disgraced former congressman Madison Cawthorne of North Carolina failed to convincingly sear a burger. ...............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2023/01/19/gas-stoves-freak-out-is-the-least-convincing-fake-outrage-ever/

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1. Their cult believes some of the dumbest shit ever.................

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2. New York nears deal to ban gas stoves in new homes

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state lawmakers are poised to enact the nation’s first legislative ban on gas and fossil fuel appliances in most new buildings, including single-family homes.

Despite outcry from Republicans nationwide about states and the federal government looking to ban gas stoves, New York appears set to move forward with the proposal in the state budget due March 31.

The reason a deal looks imminent is because Gov. Kathy Hochul and fellow Democrats in both chambers of the state Legislature have endorsed proposals to prohibit fossil fuel furnaces, water heaters, clothes dryers and gas stoves in most new construction.

New York would be the first to take this step through legislative action; California and Washington have done so through building codes. An agreement has not been finalized to ensure passage, but the new restrictions are included in all three plans being discussed in Albany.

More: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/23/new-york-gas-stoves-ban-00088648