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The White House's national climate adviser, Gina McCarthy,
responded on Sunday to claims made by Republicans that President
Biden’s climate plan includes a ban on red meat, concluding that
“we’re all in a lotta trouble” if people think consuming less
meat is the “entire solution to climate change.”

In an “Axios on HBO” interview that aired Sunday, journalist
Mike Allen asked McCarthy why the “completely made-up notion”
pushed by “right-wing media” that Biden was “coming for your
hamburgers” took off.

McCarthy, who previously served as the administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency under former President Obama,
took the question as an opportunity to hit Republicans for
having a “very losing argument.”

“If you have to make up stuff like that, you must have a very
losing argument, number one,” McCarthy said. “And secondly, man,
if people think that switching your hamburger or going down to
less meat is the entire solution to climate change, we're all in
a lotta trouble.”

McCarthy’s remarks come after Larry Kudlow, the chief economic
adviser under former President Trump, last month said that
Biden’s climate plan is coming for American meat, prompting the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to announce that there was
no truth to the claims.

“There's a study coming out of the University of Michigan which
says that to meet the Biden Green New Deal targets, America has
to, get this, America has to stop eating meat. Stop eating
poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, dairy and animal-based fats,”
Kudlow said on his Fox Business show.

“No burgers on July 4. No steaks on the barbie. I'm sure Middle
America is just gonna love that. Can you grill those Brussels
sprouts? So get ready, you can throw back a plant-based beer
with your grilled Brussels sprouts and wave your American flag,”
he added.

A swarm of Republican lawmakers chimed in on Kudlow's comments.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) tweeted a photo of Biden
eating a hamburger with the caption “The Hamburglar.” Rep.
Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) tweeted for Biden to “stay out of my
kitchen.”

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) joined the chorus of Republican
lawmakers by tweeting, “Not gonna happen in Texas!”

The USDA called the claims made by Republicans “a fabrication.”

“This is a fabrication. There is no such effort or policy that
exists by this Administration. It’s not a part of the climate
plan nor the emissions targets. It is not real,” a USDA
spokesperson previously told The Hill.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack also denied the notion that
there is an effort to limit red meat consumption.

“There is no effort designed to limit people’s intake of beef
coming out of President Biden’s White House or USDA,” Vilsack
said during a virtual briefing hosted by the North American
Agricultural Journalists, according to Politico. “Sometimes in
the political world, games get played and issues are injected
into the conversation knowing full well that there’s no factual
basis.”

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) mocked Kudlow’s
comments days later, tweeting a photo of himself with the
caption “Excited to be watching the Oscars with an ice cold
plant-based beer.”

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/554986-biden- advisor-says-reducing-red-meat-isnt-sole-climate-change
 

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