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- Listen closely, Ted Cruz.

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No one is coming to take your stove.

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I repeat, your stove is safe.

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Can everybody calm down now?

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Americans were treated to
an incredibly dumb saga

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about stoves of all things.

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The whole thing started on
Monday when Bloomberg published

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a report in which a commissioner

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at the Consumer Product
Safety Commission said

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that the agency may
consider banning gas stoves

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due to safety concerns.

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The commissioner later clarified

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that he was talking only about
imports and new appliances,

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but conservatives, of course,
didn't get the message,

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and turned his comments into

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one of the stupidest culture
wars we've seen in a while.

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Politicians from Ted Cruz to Joe Manchin

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waded in on social
media and on talk shows,

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falsely decrying the government

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trying to take your stoves away

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and making some incredibly
stupid memes in the process.

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On Tuesday, in response to the uproar,

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the leader of the Consumer
Product Safety Commission

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shot down the possibility of a ban.

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But that hasn't stopped
Republicans from capitalizing

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on the whole mess, including
making pro gas stove merch.

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There's a lot of problems with gas stoves.

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A growing body of research has linked them

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with everything from cancer
to cardiovascular problems.

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A study published last month found as many

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as one in eight cases of
childhood asthma in the US

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could be linked to gas stoves.

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And gas stoves are bad for the climate.

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Some research shows that stoves emit

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as much greenhouse gases
each year as 500,000 cars.

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It would be a good idea for us
to have a reasoned discussion

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about stove safety and how to make sure

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no one is left behind in
the energy transition,

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but with dipshits like
Ron DeSantis in charge,

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I don't think that's
gonna happen anytime soon.

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