“Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met "with the radical green energy group behind the gas stove ban," which "has ties to the" Chinese Communist Party.”
Nick Langworthy
U.S. Representative, R-N.Y.. a tweet. Claim dated 11 Feb 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Granholm did meet with the Rocky Mountain Institute’s CEO in 2021, but the group's views on gas stoves and China need context, as does the government's ability and inclination to ban them.
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In short
Nick Langworthy (U.S. Representative, R-N.Y.) made this claim around 11 February 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 March 2023, 27 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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