Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) vowed that he would not “take food away from anybody,” adding that if people like McDonald’s cheeseburgers, they “should be able to get them.”
During Kennedy’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, he explained that if people like to eat McDonald’s or Hostess Twinkies, they “should be able to do that,” but people should know what the health impacts are of eating those kinds of foods.
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Kennedy also noted that Trump has been a fan of McDonald’s. In a memoir from Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, Kushner reportedly notes that Trump’s favorite McDonald’s order is a, “McDonald’s Big Mac, Filet-o-Fish, fries and a vanilla shake,” according to the New York Post.
“I don’t want to take food away from anybody,” Kennedy explained. “If you like a McDonald’s cheeseburger or Diet Coke — which my boss loves — you should be able to get them. If you want to eat Hostess Twinkies you should be able to do…
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