Former California Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero announced Friday that she is leaving her party in opposition to Democrats' crackdown on gas stoves.
“Enough is enough,” Romero said, switching party affiliations to the Republican Party after disagreements with Democrats. According to From NBC News 4 San Antonio: The former state Senate Majority Leader's comments come as the Department of Energy (DOE) plans to institute new “energy efficiency standards” for gas stoves and electric cooking appliances.
“For example, I don't think banning gas stoves solves anything,” Romero said. “As a Latino, I'm not going to give up my gas stove just because I can't toast tortillas on an electric stove. This is just bad news and another reason to leave the Democratic Party.”
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Romero also said he and many other Latinos no longer identify with the Democratic Party and plan to vote for Republican candidate Donald Trump in November, according to NBC News 4 San Antonio. The former Senate Majority Leader said he cannot support many of the Democrats' current policies on climate change and reducing emissions. (Related: Biden administration tightens gas stove regulations after emphasizing it won't target gas stoves)
“I served on this Capitol Hill as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus and Senate Majority Leader,” Romero said. “Today I say goodbye. Enough is enough. I have been a Democrat for almost my entire life and now join the growing number of people leaving the Democratic Party, including key groups like Latinos. This is not the Democratic Party I once supported. I no longer accept it.”
The Biden Administration has finalized an energy efficiency rule that will take effect in January 2028. The rule applies to newly manufactured electric stoves, gas stoves, free-standing electric stoves, free-standing gas stoves, and ovens.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) told Bloomberg in January 2023 that the Biden administration was considering a nationwide ban on gas stoves, citing a December 2022 report. study Gas stoves pose a risk to children's asthma, and at the time, West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin and Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz introduced the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, which aimed to block the CPSC from regulating gas stoves.
The Biden administration has said claims it wants to ban gas stoves are “misinformation.”
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