Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference with Republican West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey on Friday to announce a new health initiative in America’s most obese state.
West Virginia currently has the highest rate of obesity in the United States. But that may soon change!
While speaking, RFK trolled the governor over his weight, saying, “You look like you ate Governor Morrisey” and demanding a “rigorous regimen” that includes a carnivore diet for the governor. “When he’s lost 30 pounds, I’m going to come back to the state and do a celebration and a public weigh-in with him,” Kennedy said as the crowd burst into laughter and applause.
Now, far-left outlets like Axios, which have no sense of humor, are reporting headlines like “RFK Jr. body shames W.Va. governor” to distract from the Secretary’s mission to give Americans a healthier lifestyle.
Watch below:
Kennedy: I said to Dr. Morrisey or Governor Morrisey; the first time I saw him, I said, “You look like you ate Governor Morrisey.” And there was a lot of talk about getting healthy again. And I’m very happy, and he’s invited me to be his personal trainer. And I am going to put him— I’m going to put him on a really rigorous regimen, and we’re going to put him on a carnivore diet.
We’re going to make him do— raise your hand if you want Governor Morrisey to do a public weigh-in once a month. And then when he’s lost 30 pounds, I’m going to come back to the state and do a celebration and a public weigh-in with him.
“West Virginia is strongly embracing the Make America Healthy Again movement,” Morrisey said Friday in a press release. “We’re getting junk out of our foods, promoting exercise, and putting nutrition back into SNAP. Thank you to Secretary Kennedy and Secretary Rollins for their commitment to ensuring the next generation of Americans lives a healthier and happier life.”
As The Gateway Pundit reported, West Virginia has enacted a comprehensive ban on several synthetic food dyes and preservatives, positioning itself at the forefront of the “Make America Healthy Again” initiative championed by President Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The new bill, signed by Morrisey late last week, targets additives linked to potential health risks like obesity, tumors, and a variety of other ailments, particularly in children.
“Food dyes such as Red Dye 40 and Yellow 5 and 6 come with warning labels in Europe. They’re linked to behavioral issues in children. But in the U.S., they are generally recognized as safe,” Kennedy stated in while announcing a bold plan to eliminate harmful chemicals from America’s food supply earlier this month.
West Virginia has since passed the first bill in the country that bans the dangerous food dyes, and the governor has submitted a waiver to remove soda from SNAP food stamp benefits.
“West Virginia is leading the nation in passing a bill to clean up our food supply and submitting a waiver to remove soda from SNAP,” the Secretary said in a press release Friday:
Kennedy: I commend the 24 states pushing MAHA bills to clean up our food system, improve school lunches, submit waivers to SNAP, and promote patient choice. This state leadership adds leverage to the Trump administration’s drive to Make America Healthy Again. I urge every Governor to follow West Virginia’s lead and submit a waiver to the USDA to remove soda from SNAP.
If there’s one thing we can agree on, it should be eliminating taxpayer-funded soda subsidies for lower income kids. I look forward to inviting every Governor who submits a waiver to come celebrate with me at the White House this fall. Thank you, Secretary Rollins for your leadership on this vital issue for children’s health.
Per Fox:
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R, and Kennedy held a joint event on Friday to announce a ban on certain food dyes. The governor also took the opportunity to announce that his state has submitted a waiver that would prohibit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants from using the benefits to purchase soda.
Morrisey celebrated the move, saying his state was “putting ‘nutrition’ back into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.”
Morrisey’s policies could make a big change for West Virginia, which currently has a higher rate of obesity than any other state.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of 2023, West Virginia was one of only three states to have an obesity prevalence of 40% or greater.
Kennedy called on all governors to “get in line behind Governor Morrissey and apply for a waiver to my agency.” He continued, “We’re going to give it to you.”
WATCH:
Kennedy: The food companies all came and met with me two weeks ago, and they’re scared of me, but they’re more scared of Governor Morrissey… they said, “tell us what you want and we’re going to do it.” And they said, “but stop these governors from passing these laws, because we don’t want a patch work where West Virginia and California are banning food dyes, and we have to make special products for those states.” So they’re terrified of this, of what you’re doing, and the message that I want to give to the country today and to all the other governors is get in line behind Governor Morrissey and apply for a waiver to my agency, and we’re going to give it to you. That’s the way we’re going to witness.
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