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Kamala Harris Poses for Xmas Pic Next To “Biden-Banned” Gas Stove!

&NewLine;<p>VP Kamala Harris faced criticism this Christmas week after sharing a picture of her and second gentleman Doug Emhoff posing next to a gas stove despite the Biden administration&&num;8217&semi;s proposal earlier this year to limit the use of the &&num;8220&semi;evil&&num;8221&semi; appliances&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Merry Christmas to all&period; May your day be filled with love&comma; family&comma; and good food&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Harris wrote on X&comma; adding&colon; &&num;8220&semi;PS We are making Christmas beef Wellington&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Conservatives quickly spied what appeared to be a gas range in the casual kitchen picture&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Is that another gas stove&quest;&&num;8221&semi; Rep&period; Mike Collins&comma; R-Ga&period;&comma; responded&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Other conservatives pointed out that the vice president&&num;8217&semi;s choice to cook beef may be at odds with previous statements she made about reducing red meat consumption&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I thought we&&num;8217&semi;re supposed to eat less red meat for the climate&quest;&&num;8221&semi; Mary Vought wrote&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Harris received similar criticism after posting a photo on Thanksgiving showing her and Doug&&num;8217&semi;s kitchen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Biden administration previously claimed it planned to ban gas stoves after the US Consumer Product Safety Commission&&num;8217&semi;s top leader&comma; Richard Trumka Jr&period;&comma; told Bloomberg &&num;8220&semi;a ban on gas stoves is on the table&&num;8221&semi; over health concerns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This is a hidden hazard&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Trumka told Bloomberg&period; &&num;8220&semi;Any option is on the table&period; Products that can’t be made safe can be banned&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Trumka later said it would not apply to existing stoves but only to new products&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>That idea was scrapped&comma; but it was followed by a proposed Department of Energy &lpar;DOE&rpar; regulation that would impose tough new energy efficiency standards for gas stoves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The House of Representatives&nbsp&semi;approved an amendment in March —&nbsp&semi;with help from several Democrats —&nbsp&semi;that would prevent the DOE from implementing strict new regulations that most gas stoves on the market today would not be able to meet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The House voted 251 to 181 in favor of the amendment from Rep&period; Gary Palmer&comma; R-Ala&period;&comma; to a larger energy policy bill&comma; and 29 Democrats voted with the GOP&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>About 38&percnt; of American households&comma; or roughly 40 million&comma; use natural gas to cook in their homes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Harris nor her office has offered any kind of statement in response to the heat she has taken for her gas stove&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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