(PM.) Vice President Kamala Harris was slammed on social media for a Thanksgiving post showing her cooking with a gas stove in her kitchen after the Biden administration had been trying to ban them.
The picture posted on X featured Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff in a kitchen with several dishes ready to go on the counter and was captioned, “From our family to yours, happy Thanksgiving.”
From our family to yours, happy Thanksgiving. pic.twitter.com/Nhifx0sHi5
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) November 23, 2023
Users on the platform were quick to point out that behind the couple was a gas stove with a tea kettle on it.
Is that a gas stove?!?! https://t.co/Md61XarsGH
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) November 24, 2023
Over the past few months, President Joe Biden’s Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled new standards to regulate a variety of appliances including gas stoves, refrigerators, air conditioners, and clothes washers.
Gas stoves for me but not for thee pic.twitter.com/HfQgMgY78l
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 24, 2023
According to the DOE, appliance regulations will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 2.4 billion metric tons over the next 30 years and save Americans $570 billion.
