Hilarious that righties are now championing government regulation of foods, after years of bitching about how Dems were trying to take away your Big Gulps and your SuperSized fast food meals.
You guys control the Senate. Should be hard to blame Democrats if you can’t get Trump’s whacko nominees approved, but they’re already laying groundwork to blame Democrats for the GOP doing and end-around on the ordinary appointment process with a recess appointment stunt.
Recess appointments would require the Senate to be recessed at least 10 days and the resulting appointment is only good for the rest of the session (though presumably he could do it again next year, I guess).
The question would be how does the recess happen?
“… there are two paths Trump could take to making recess appointments.
The first would involve the Senate agreeing to recess for 10 days or more by majority vote.
The second would involve the House voting for a longer recess than the Senate, which would allow Trump to invoke a never-used constitutional power to adjourn both chambers of Congress.
According to the US Constitution, "in Case of Disagreement" a president can adjourn both chambers of Congress until "such Time as he shall think proper" - which would then provide Trump an opportunity to make recess appointments.
Trump previously threatened to use this power when he was in the White House.
In 2020, during a pandemic briefing, Trump said that he would "exercise my constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress” to make recess appointments if his nominees before Congress were not approved. …”
Vetting Trump nominees: What are recess appointments? - BBC News
Nominees can face a lengthy Senate vetting process before taking office, though Trump may try to upend that exercise in some cases.www.bbc.com
To be sure, the main solution to making America healthy again is obviously is to shift dietary preferences in general towards whole foods and not processed foods. That goes without saying.
The shamelessness of these fucking idiots
Robert Kennedy, Jr. had better not go after McDonald’s or KFC…..that’ll piss off the fittest, manliest POTUS ever.
I have literally never accused a single Democrat for trying to take away Big Gulps or fast food, so idk what you’re talking about.
Most people on this board would agree with you, but I’m confident that most MAGA voters do not.
What an elitist prick. How about the poor who can barely pay for enough of any kind of food?
Not even close. Get Americans off their fat asses and exercise. That is No. 1 health goal. But we’ve built an entire society around the automobile so “fat” chance anyone gets this country moving like it should.
And what about the many tens of millions of people that already can’t afford a decent healthy diet?
Maybe or maybe not. But I don’t form my opinions based on what other people on “my side” might tend to think. I form my own opinions and I think that’s what everyone should do.
Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous to claim that most Americans are going to happily pay higher prices for less-tasty snacks and foods. And the moment that polls show that any part of his base is upset at these "healthy lifestyle" changes, then Trump will dump RFK, Jr. so fast that he'll get whiplash on his way out of DC. Based on what I've read RFK, Jr. is very similar to Trump in terms of ego and personal (mis)behavior, and I suspect that the two of them are going to quickly clash and not get along all that well.
If you think me wanting food to be healthier means I don’t give a fuck about other people, you’ve got it all backwards. Getting toxic chemicals out of our food should not be a political issue whatsoever.
Ding ding ding.
