Jeff Duncan was on a roll, condemning the federal government for telling Americans what cars they can and cannot drive and what appliances they can and cannot buy. His right hand slammed down on a table after he announced each outrage.
“It’s time to get big government off the throat of the American people,” Duncan, a South Carolina Republican, told the House Rules Committee earlier this month as he spoke in favor of the “Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act,” H.R. 6192. He later posted a supercut of his testimony to X, set to a plaintive synth soundtrack.
Even more outrageous, said Duncan, that same big government is telling people “they can’t catch rainwater off their own roof for use in their home.”
That would be a stunning claim if true.