RFK is being criticized by Whoopi Goldberg for his position that we have to change the way we eat. We have to change how we take care of ourselves because 41% of the American public is considered severely obese. There’s only a few countries in the world that are even ahead of the United States where it comes to obesity.
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Mike Papantonio: You don’t like this story, I thought it was interesting. It’s RFK being criticized by Whoopi Goldberg for his position that we have to change the way we eat. We have to change how we take care of ourselves because 41% of the American public is considered severely obese. Now, why she would come out and say that’s shaming is beyond me, but she comes out and says, RFK is shaming an entire element of the public by saying that that 40, he’s shaming that 41%, I guess, that statistically are regarded as severely obese. There’s only a few countries in the world that are even ahead of the United States where it comes to obesity.
Farron Cousins: Well, there’s two things I want to say about this. First and foremost, when Michelle Obama came out and said, hey, let’s do our healthy eating initiative, Fox News ran segments on it every day. How horrible this is. How dare you say that we need to change our diets? And then now that it’s flipped, and you’ve got this guy that’s gonna be with the Trump administration saying, hey, let’s change our diets here. And it is so hilarious to see now it is Whoopi Goldberg on the left say, how dare you? Oh my God, it’s history repeating itself just flipped in a different direction. Second of all, Whoopi, my God, if you want to talk about crazy things Bobby says.
Mike Papantonio: There’s a lot more.
Farron Cousins: This ain’t it. Like you’ve got a treasure trove of just ridiculously, I don’t know, I would call them crazy, but things that Bobby has said that you could go after. You could talk about the bear Central Park if you wanted to, saying, hey, maybe double up the vegetables isn’t one of them. There’s like a whole list. I could send it to you if you want it, but this is not the thing.
Mike Papantonio: Well, Bobby, as you know, Bobby’s a good friend of mine. And I’ve watched.
Farron Cousins: He’s nice as can be in person. I’ve never had a bad interaction with him.
Mike Papantonio: Very decent guy.
Farron Cousins: I just disagree with him on apparently everything these days.
Mike Papantonio: Yeah. Well, he used to be my law partner, as you probably know. But I’ve had stranger law partners than that, Joe Scarborough. So anyway, Whoopi comes back and says, look, I was 300 pounds and I couldn’t do anything about it. I tried. It wasn’t my eating. She said I was just 300 pounds. It’s kinda hard to buy that. But then you don’t come out and say, Bobby, stop shaming 41% of the American public that are statistically, we’re the second in the world, second in the world for child obesity. I mean, come on. You just let that flow? Don’t say anything about it? Is that shaming? First of all, is that shaming? Is it shaming to just talk about it.
Farron Cousins: No, I don’t think at all that that is shaming. And listen, again, with regards to the diet portion, and that’s the only part I will focus on there. It’s no different than what Michelle Obama had said. Like, hey, let’s teach kids how to eat healthy. Let’s get a little more active. Let’s be healthier as a people. And in that one area, what Bobby is saying really is the same. So again, it’s so funny to me to see the two sides flip now and Fox News now saying like, of course we should eat healthy. It’s ridiculous to say we shouldn’t.
Mike Papantonio: If Whoopi Goldberg wants to find something to be ashamed of, she should watch The View while she’s on it. If that doesn’t shame her enough, I’m beyond the idea of what’s shameful. Farron, thank you for joining me. Okay.
Farron Cousins: Thank you.
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