Milk Wars: Marjorie Taylor Greene Takes Side In Raw Milk Debate

The culture war over raw milk gained a new high-profile contributor on October 6.

“Raw milk does a body good. Make America Healthy Again,” Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) posted on Twitter.

The second part of her statement was an homage to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his condemnations of ultra-processed food, which have been even more publicized since he joined campaign forces with former President Trump earlier this summer. Attached was an image of a large mason jar on a kitchen counter, nearly overflowing with raw milk.

Unsurprisingly to readers of The Dallas Express, the positive tweet about raw milk was immediately hit with a community note. Community notes, crowd-sourced fact checks authored by Twitter users, are frequently attached to anything seen as endorsing raw milk, DX has repeatedly reported.

“Raw milk consumption is linked to a number of foodborne illnesses (e.g., Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, E. coli, Listeria, Brucella, and Salmonella) that can result in serious complications and death,” the note said. Below the text were nearly a dozen links from various health agencies and the New York Times, condemning raw milk. […]

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