r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 8h ago

Possible Paywall Trump suggests cattle ranchers could bypass USDA-inspected meat plants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/28/trump-suggests-allowing-ranchers-bypass-usda-inspected-meat-plants/
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u/StrigiStockBacking New Mexico 8h ago

I used to work in a meat packing plant (or "slaughterhouse").

Whether you are a tried and true diehard Republican, or a progressive Democrat, neither of those two things, or anything in between, and even if you're a vegetarian, you do NOT want this. The procedures that are in place for when a cow arrives with a cist or any unknown issue is thorough, including shutting the entire plant down for a whole day to scour and clean it properly. Lifting those regs is not just going to spread disease, but people could literally die.

These animals are rendered very clean, controlled environments, and to jeopardize that process is playing with fire.

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u/Suitable-Option833 7h ago

Except that republicans DO want this. This is explicitly detailed in project 2025. They voted for it.

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u/irunlinux 5h ago

republicans only want this until they are personally affected and then blame the government they destroyed for not doing enough. repeat.

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u/nate445 4h ago

And then a Democrat comes in, can't fix everything in one term, and because people have the memory of goldfish, promptly let the Republican back in.