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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(123,657 posts)
Tue May 27, 2025, 08:36 PM Tuesday

Trump's waging a war on fridges--and voters hate it

President Donald Trump is waging a war on your fridge—in more ways than one. And he’s doing so with strong voter opposition.

The Food and Drug Administration is reportedly drawing up plans to end most of its routine food safety inspections, shifting the onus of that critical oversight onto state and local officials. The FDA already outsources some of those inspections—but not all of them and not in every state. And it’s not clear how those gaps would be filled if the Trump administration pulls the trigger. As of April, the FDA was disputing reports of the plan.

Either way, voters overwhelmingly hate the idea of the FDA ending its routine food safety inspections, according to a new Civiqs poll conducted for Daily Kos. The poll, fielded May 17-20, finds that 84% of registered voters oppose such a move, including 67% who “strongly oppose” the move.

That opposition comes from every partisan angle too: 95% of Democrats, 81% of independents, and even 75% of Republicans oppose cessation of FDA food inspections. Just 12% of Republicans support that move.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/27/2323872/-Trump-s-waging-a-war-on-fridges-and-voters-hate-it

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Trump's waging a war on fridges--and voters hate it (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday OP
Day after day after day Diamond_Dog Tuesday #1
Voters hate it? 77 million idiots voted for exactly this. flvegan Tuesday #2
They thought they were voting for cheaper eggs and Doritos... not for this. Jack Valentino Tuesday #6
People report these polls like the USA is still a democracy. sinkingfeeling Tuesday #3
Right on plan. usonian Tuesday #4
Not a war on the fridge (I thought this was going to be similar to the war on toilets) BlueSpot Tuesday #5
This should get more exposure. Terrible idea. nt scipan Tuesday #7

Diamond_Dog

(37,124 posts)
1. Day after day after day
Tue May 27, 2025, 08:45 PM
Tuesday

Eliminating programs that ensure the nation’s health, safety, economic security, education ….. the list goes on and on. Third world here we come.

flvegan

(65,018 posts)
2. Voters hate it? 77 million idiots voted for exactly this.
Tue May 27, 2025, 08:51 PM
Tuesday

Even more were so indifferent to exactly this, they didn't bother to vote at all.

BlueSpot

(1,063 posts)
5. Not a war on the fridge (I thought this was going to be similar to the war on toilets)
Tue May 27, 2025, 11:05 PM
Tuesday

This is a war on people. The fridge isn't to blame if the food you put in it was bad already.

Why does the media suck so hard?

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