Failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is being called out for featuring a gas-powered stove in a campaign ad after joining an environmental group that is pushing to ban such stoves.
Rewiring America, a self-described nonprofit “focused on electrifying our homes, businesses, and communities,” announced last week that Abrams, a Democrat, will join its team as senior counsel.
The group, which maintains that Americans must broadly electrify their homes in an effort to combat climate change, is also a central player in the push to regulate and ultimately eliminate natural gas-powered stoves.
STACEY ABRAMS GETS A NEW JOB AFTER ELECTION LOSS, JOINS ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP TRYING TO ELIMINATE GAS STOVES
However, the U.S. Oil and Gas Association noted Monday on Twitter that Abrams herself is guilty of using gas stoves, flagging one of Abrams’ campaign ads from last year in which she can be seen cooking with one.
“Stacey Abrams has a new job with Rewiring America – a dark money enviro group working to ban our gas stoves,” the U.S. Oil and Gas Association tweeted. “Here’s a screenshot of one of her campaign commercials called ‘Cooking.’ That’s one bad—-looking gas stove all fired up and making her dinner! Game on Stacey!”
In the ad, Abrams explains that she manages to find time for cook for her family despite a busy schedule, adding that she will “bring everyone to the table” by working across the political aisle “to lift up hardworking people.”
The Empowerment Alliance, a nonprofit that promotes the use of natural gas and opposes the Green New Deal, highlighted another online video in which Abrams can be seen cooking for her family with a gas stove.
“Does her new employer know how much she loves natural gas?” the group tweeted.
Twitter users were quick to jokingly chide Abrams for her gas stove use.
“With no hood vent. She’s a criminal,” one user quipped. “My guess is she’d say we only use it on low,” wrote another. “Professional grifter,” added a third…
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