Republicans are furious about a claim that president Joe Biden’s climate plan includes cutting 90 per cent of red meats from Americans’ diet by 2030... but this is not true.
Biden announced that his administration would seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.
The Daily Mail reported on this news and began to speculate on what other policies “could” also be implemented to reach this goal. One of them being “How Biden’s climate plan could limit you to eat just one burger a MONTH.”
At no point in this speech did Biden announce any initiative to impose a limit on red meat consumption and Biden has never suggested policies aimed at limiting red meat consumption.
Though, of course, Republicans seized the opportunity to criticise president Biden for these baseless claims.
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Republican representative, Lauren Boebert wrote: “Joe Biden’s climate plan includes cutting 90 per cent of red meat consumption from our diet by 2030. They want to limit us to about four pounds a year. Why doesn’t Joe stay out of my kitchen?”
Joe Biden’s climate plan includes cutting 90% of red meat from our diets by 2030. They want to limit us to about fo… https://t.co/LGQ8Fno5ou— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1619272419
Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott wrote: “Not gonna happen in Texas!”
He also included an image from Fox News titled, “Up In Your Grill: Biden’s Climate Requirements” that also falsely claims Americans will only be entitled to 4lbs of red meat per year, one burger per month and the 90 per cent cut in red meat consumption claim.
Not gonna happen in Texas! https://t.co/zqYS9kH8CU— Greg Abbott (@Greg Abbott) 1619386510
In an interview with Fox Business on April 23, former White House economic adviser to Donald Trump Larry Kudlow said: “To meet the Biden Green New Deal targets, America has to – get this – America has to stop eating meat.”
Other Republicans responded on social media with images of them consuming red meat in an unneeded display of protest for something that isn’t actually happening.
Biden: Limit red meat to 4 lbs per year. Dinner: https://t.co/4Knzh1IbAD— Jason D. Meister 🇺🇸 (@Jason D. Meister 🇺🇸) 1619395495
I hear Joe Biden suggested Americans be limited to 4 lbs of red meat per year in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas… https://t.co/qrngcP17kB— Neal (@Neal) 1619230469
@RealMattCouch I’m doing my part to make the liberals cry... https://t.co/KNDn4dZjt6— Ben (@Ben) 1619375045
Though others we able to see the funny side to this odd display.
Comedian, Milo Edwards wrote in response: “having the absolute worst sh*ts imaginable to own the libs.”
having the absolute worst shits imaginable to own the libs https://t.co/ZJnZuBJOgA— milo edwards (@milo edwards) 1619371002
@treblaw @RealMattCouch Triggered by Fox News into a meat masculinity spiral. The only way to overcome is to show f… https://t.co/acqpFMJ6CP— Frozen Tacos (@Frozen Tacos) 1619372997
@RealMattCouch Do you ever think about what went wrong in your life to lead you to this point?— David Moscrop (@David Moscrop) 1619376495
@RealMattCouch What you interpret as masculinity is so sad hahahahaha— Payman Benz (@Payman Benz) 1619371053
Well, there you have it - you can still have more than one burger per month.