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The Other GOP Meat Freakout

DENVER, CO - JANUARY 30: Colorado governor Jared Polis speaks to the media at a mass COVID-19 vaccination event on January 30, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. UCHealth, Colorado’s largest healthcare provider, plans to vaccinate 10,000 seniors over 70 during the drive-up event this weekend. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images) — DENVER, CO - JANUARY 30: Colorado Governor Jared Polis. Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

April 26, 2021 6:12 p.m.

Believe it or not, the GOP freakout over a fully fabricated red meat ban in President Joe Biden’s still-unreleased climate plan isn’t even the first meat outrage cycle of the year.

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