RFK Jr. Now Suggesting Americans Eat Like the Bear He Dumped in Central Park
If you’ve been getting tired of living off the administration’s recommended $3 meals of chicken, broccoli, and a single tortilla, we have some great news for you. And yes, it’s even more exciting than adding a baked potato.
Speaking at an “Eat Real Food” rally in Austin, Texas on Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proudly announced that “good food is not expensive.” Huzzah! If individuals can’t afford to eat steak every day like he—a billionaire—can, they can instead opt for liver for a fraction of the price. Wow! Yum!
“This is true all over the country, there’s a lot of good food in grocery stores that goes to waste. Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive,” said Kennedy. “If you buy a porterhouse steak, or a steak, it is going to set you back. But you can buy liver or the cheaper cuts of steak that are very affordable.”
RFK Jr. suggests Americans can more easily afford groceries if they start eating liver instead of beef:
“Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. … You can buy liver or the cheap cuts.”
— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) February 27, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Now, let me preface this with saying that I don’t take kindly to anyone who calls food “gross” or “nasty”… but liver is really not for me. But what really leaves a foul taste is Kennedy handing out advice on circumnavigating the affordability crisis—which has hit the cost of food especially hard, some of which came as a direct consequence to severe tariffs and inflation caused by Trump. What’s more, according to a Wall Street Journal report published in January, grocery prices have been steadily rising over the last year.
Naturally, the online backlash has been swift.
“Let them eat liver,” tweeted Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-Ill.). “Has the ‘Buy more liver!’ campaign slogan been tested yet?” quipped Josh Gerstein, a senior reporter at Politico. Addressing the White House, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) tweeted, “PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SEND [RFK] TO EVERY SWING HOUSE DISTRICT WHERE HE CAN TELL AMERICANS TO EAT LIVER OR CHEAP CUTS OF MEAT TO COPE WITH SURGING INFLATION.”
Kennedy’s MAHA tour in Texas has been a series of embarrassing events, beginning with pounding back ribs and sausages at a local barbecue joint. Speaking at the conference, he had another particularly cringe-curdling moment, wherein he credited his position at the HHS to 19 years of prayer. “In August of 2024,” he said, “God sent me Donald Trump.” Good to know God hates us.
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