Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who Donald Trump recently nominated to run the Department of Health and Human Services, has vowed to make America healthier again.
And he’s prepared to exposed the hypocrisy of big food corporations as part of that quest.
But a liberal media outlet decided to pull a political stunt on RFK, Jr.’s health initiatives that completely backfired on them… and proved RFK Jr. right.
RFK, Jr. has long pushed for removing artificial ingredients from the food supply, routinely calling such additives “poison.”
Recently, to prove this point, RFK Jr. pointed out how the popular cereal Froot Loops is a product with too many artificial ingredients, indicating that the Canadian version has fewer than the U.S. version.
However, The New York Times ran a piece late last week aiming to poke holes in RFK Jr.’s stance.
“Mr. Kennedy has singled out Froot Loops as an example of a product with too many artificial ingredients, questioning why the Canadian version has fewer than the U.S. version,” the piece said of RFK Jr.
“But he was wrong,” the article continued.
“The ingredient list is roughly the same, although Canada’s has natural colorings made from blueberries and carrots while the U.S. product contains red dye 40, yellow 5 and blue 1 as well as Butylated hydroxytoluene, or BHT, a lab-made chemical that is used ‘for freshness,’ according to the ingredient label,” the report said.
The Times thought they had a good “gotcha” moment. But social media users quickly pointed out that The Times piece actually proved RFK Jr.’s point perfectly.
“Wait, so RFK Jr. was completely accurate, but they didn’t like how he said it?” wrote an incredulous X user.
Another person quipped, “They are the same, only different, right? that is logical… Sure it is.”
An X writer, referring to Trump’s decisive election victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, said, “This. This is exactly why they lost. Everything about this particular part of this specific article is why we won and they lost.”
Ingredients such as artificial food dyes are among those RFK Jr. has frequently fought against, particularly in products marketed toward children.
Red 40, Yellow 5 and Blue 1 are all on the chopping block in California, which has mandated food manufacturers replace artificial ingredients with naturally derived alternatives by 2027 or face banishment from public-school vending machines and cafeterias in schools statewide.
Backers of the ban say the dyes have been linked to developmental and behavior problems in kids.