DES MOINES, Iowa – 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 — especially beef — as a cudgel in a culture war, accusing climate-minded Democrats of trying to change Americans' diets and, therefore, their lives. “That is a direct attack on our way of life here in Nebraska,” Gov.