Both Axios and The Washington Post published pieces blaming Republicans and conservatives for making gas stoves into a culture war issue this week. TWITTER BLASTS NEWS BIDEN ADMIN MIGHT BAN GAS STOVES: PRY ‘FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS’The Washington Post piece claimed, "Yet the gas stove furor is emblematic of Republicans’ broader efforts to thrust President Biden’s environmental agenda into the nation’s ongoing culture wars." The Axios report called the gas stove issue the "Right’s new fight," and stated, "Despite official insistence that fears of a ban are unfounded, conservatives are suddenly championing gas stoves in a new culture war." Though the fact that the two outlets put the blame for the gas stove drama on conservatives angered right-wingers on Twitter. Popular conservative account "PoliMath" responded to the Axios piece, stating, "In six months there's going to be a fact-checker writing ‘Did Democrats actually try to ban gas stoves?

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2023 22:08 UTC