Secretary of Agriculture Fight

Behind the scenes of the Trump transition team, a wrestling match is shaping up for nominee as Secretary of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA).  According to John Klar, writing in American Thinker, some 15 candidate names are in the pot.

Foremost to be compatible with RFK Jr.’s Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda is undoubtedly Kentucky U.S. Congressman Thomas Massie.  He’s also a tight friend of mine and truly a hero for liberty.  His Prime Act, whereby  states could legalize custom-processed meat for sale by the cut, would be the biggest food freedom initiative at the federal level in my lifetime.

But for a flavor of other contenders, here are three.  Zippy Duvall, current president of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), by far and away the largest farm lobby.  He’s a factory chicken famer from Georgia, raising 750,000 annually.  In case you think the AFBF represents farmers, it’s actually an insurance company masquerading as a farm outfit.  Over my lifetime, no group has been as opposed to my initiatives as AFBF.  They are not the farmers’ friends; they are friends of big ag, food processors, and nutritional and environmental destruction.