Fact Check: AOC does NOT want to take away gas stoves

Fact Check by Factcheck.org


Context: Debate over a "gas stove ban" by the federal government originated with comments from a commissioner on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission about gas stoves being a “hidden hazard." Days later, the CPSC Chair declared, "I am not looking to ban gas stoves and the CPSC has no proceeding to do so."


After conservatives accused AOC of wanting to take away their gas stoves, she responded, as reported by Factcheck.org, "In another tweet, Ocasio-Cortez noted, 'The way we are handling it in NYC isn’t to force people to switch what they already have. Folks can keep their appliances, and new buildings in NYC will have gas-free stoves. As for federally, any proposal from the CPSC would go through a quite lengthy review and input process.'"


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