A former Virginia Tech soccer player who scored a legal win against her former coach sounded off Tuesday, claiming he benched her for declining to kneel in support of Black Lives Matter.

Kiersten Hening took her coach to court after he allegedly berated her in front of her teammates and removed her from the Hokies' starting lineup, leading her to quit the team and go to court on First Amendment grounds, "The Ingraham Angle" reported. She allegedly refused to kneel during a "unity statement" ahead of a game.

In the wake of her $100,000 settlement, Hening told "The Ingraham Angle" that politics of any stripe have no place in sports, and that she did not feel right to be told to kneel in that way.

"Personally, I didn't feel like I needed to kneel in order to support something," she said. "Personally, I felt like I could stand and be in support of something."

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"Personally, I think that the kneeling was very synonymous with the Colin Kaepernick movement and BLM movement, and I didn't feel like I needed to."

Hening said Coach Charles Adair was overly harsh when he allegedly called her out in the wake of her refusal to take a knee.

"It didn't feel good… I kind of I do my job and, you know, I was there for the love of the game and the love of the school," she said. "And to me, putting on that jersey meant so much to me, and to be called out like that, it was pretty harsh."

Ingraham read a statement from Adair, which said in part that he was "pleased the case against [him] has been closed and [he is] free to move forward, clear of any wrongdoing." 

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"It's been difficult not being able to tell my side of the story. The people I care about whose opinions matter to me know the truth. They know my coaching decisions are based purely on getting our team in a position to win," Adair's statement continued, according to Ingraham.

Ingraham said implicit in Adair's statement was the contention she was "not good enough" as a starter — and asked Hening what she thought.

"I don't think that's accurate," Hening replied. "No. I think that the numbers speak for themselves."

"In that sense, I think [the judge] summarized it perfectly," she said. "I think I averaged 74 minutes my freshman year and 88 minutes my sophomore year, so there was definitely a significant decrease in playing time with no real explanation as to why."

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Hening said she found it unfortunate that politics has at times been injected into sports.

"It's unfortunate the political climate that was made in college sports — and not even college sports, but just everywhere, you know, putting this pressure on athletes who — personally I don't believe in politics having any place in sports," she said. 

Rep. Gary Palmer doubled down on his criticism of the Biden administration after the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) said it was considering a potential ban on gas stoves.

The idea was sent back to the drawing board following swift criticism from lawmakers and consumers. 

"As I said yesterday, unelected bureaucrats should not have the type of power to even consider such an action. It is time to rein in the Biden administration and their continual desire to control American's lives and decisions," the Republican tweeted Tuesday.

The tweet came as Commissioner Rich Trumka Jr. of the USCPSC clarified a potential ban on gas stoves would impact "new products."

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"To be clear, CPSC isn't coming for anyone's gas stoves. Regulations apply to new products," Trumka said in a tweet Monday afternoon. 

Trumka initially pointed out the potential dangers of using a gas stove — in that they can still emit dangerous gases even while turned off — during an interview with Bloomberg and in subsequent posts on social media.

During the interview, Trumka told Bloomberg that gas stoves were a "hidden hazard" and a ban was "on the table."

"Any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned," he told the news outlet.​

On Twitter, he echoed: "My guiding duty is protecting consumer health and safety. Gas stoves can emit dangerous level of toxic chemicals — even when not in use — and USCPSC will consider all approaches to regulation."

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Palmer responded, pointing out that a possible ban would impact tens of millions of Americans.

"Over 40 million American households use gas stoves. This type of power should never have been given to unelected bureaucrats and it is time for it to end," he wrote.

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., also blasted a potential government ban on gas stoves as a "recipe for disaster."

"This is a recipe for disaster," Manchin said. "The federal government has no business telling American families how to cook their dinner. I can tell you the last thing that would ever leave my house is the gas stove that we cook on. If this is the greatest concern that the Consumer Product Safety Commission has for American consumers, I think we need to reevaluate the commission."

Radio host Kenny Webster pointed out on Twitter that the Biden’s personal home has a gas stove.

"Can’t wait to see the headlines when Feds raid Jill Biden’s private home to confiscate her criminal gas stove," he tweeted.

Studies by the American Chemical Society and New York University Law School’s Institute for Policy Integrity ​​found gases including nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide can emit from gas stoves, even when they are turned off. Without proper ventilation, these emissions can exceed levels that would be unsafe under current Environmental Protection Agency and World Health Organization recommendations.

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Reps. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and Paul Tonko, D-NY, who used to co-chair the House Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, previously called for the USCPSC to hold a briefing at Congress to discuss the potential hazards.

The ban was praised by some people on Twitter, including California state senator Scott Wiener.

Fox News' Adam Sabes and Kristine Parks contributed to this report.