AOC says gas stoves are linked to ‘reduced cognitive performance’ in dispute with Republican Ronny Jackson
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AOC says gas stoves are linked to ‘reduced cognitive performance’ in dispute with Republican Ronny Jackson, after he said he would ‘never’ resign
- The Biden administration is weighing a ban on gas stoves, citing health effects.
- Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson said the federal government would have to “take” your gas stove “out of my cold, dead hands.”
- She also responded to New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a photo of her own gas stove.
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Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shot Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas Tuesday night after the Texas lawmaker lashed out at the Biden administration for considering banning gas stoves.
Federal officials are weighing the significant step, which would have a sweeping effect on the new building regulations, against mounting evidence of its risk to people’s health.
Jackson, known for his fiery tirades against the Biden administration on Twitter, made it clear where he stood on the matter.
“I will NEVER give up my gas stove,” Jackson wrote on the social platform.
If the maniacs in the White House come for my stove, they can take it from my cold, dead hands. COME AND TAKE IT!!’
New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared to mock a Republican lawmaker who is against a possible ban on gas stoves.
Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson said the federal government would have to “take” your gas stove “out of my cold, dead hands.”
Ocasio-Cortez retweeted the Republican’s statement, writing: “Did you know that continued NO2 exposure from gas stoves is linked to reduced cognitive performance?”
Jackson responded with what appeared to be a screenshot from the New York congresswoman’s Instagram Story, showing her kitchen.
‘[Ocasio-Cortez] it says that gas stoves cause “reduced cognitive performance”, but does it use a gas stove? Is this a self-diagnosis? wrote the conservative lawmaker.
‘AOC, as a doctor, I can tell you this: what happens to your head IS NOT caused by stoves. Something MUCH BIGGER is causing your cognitive function to decline!’
Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka, Jr. said a ban on gas stoves is ‘on the table’ in a Bloomberg interview published on Monday.
Trumka called gas stoves, which have been a fixture in American homes since the early 1920s, a “hidden danger.”
“Products that cannot be made safe can be banned,” he said.
Four out of 10 American homes have a natural gas stove.
Ocasio-Cortez said gas stoves are linked to “reduced cognitive performance”
Jackson responded with a screenshot of what appears to be Ocasio-Cortez’s Instagram, with a photo of her own gas stove.
They have been linked to childhood asthma in multiple studies, and the gases produced, such as nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide, have been linked to cancer and other health conditions.
A California study published late last year indicates that gas stoves also leach carcinogens like benzene.
Arizona representative Andy Biggs criticized the potential ban as “woke”.
‘The Biden Administration is now considering a national ban on gas stoves. Tens of millions of Americans use gas stoves. They are affordable, practical and popular,” Biggs wrote on Twitter.
‘Enough with this awakened trash!’
It has become another debate dividing conservatives and progressives.
Moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia joined the right in discussing the measure.
This is a recipe for disaster. The federal government doesn’t have to tell American families how to cook their dinner,” Manchin said.
“I can tell you that the last thing that would leave my house is the gas stove that we cook on.”