Red meat politics: GOP turns culture war into a food fight
Story Date: 5/10/2021

 

Source: Thomas Beaumont and Scott McFetridge, AP NEWS, 5/7/21

Conservatives last week gobbled up a false news story claiming President Joe Biden planned to ration red meat. Colorado Rep. Rep. Lauren Boebert suggested Biden “stay out of my kitchen.” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted out a headline warning Biden was getting “Up in your grill.” The news was wrong — Biden is planning no such thing — but it was hardly the first time the right has recognized the political power of a juicy steak. Republican politicians in recent months have increasingly used food...

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