Ron DeSantis says hamburgers healthier than veggie equivalents

Ron DeSantis says hamburgers healthier than veggie equivalents

Florida’s Governor is speaking out about meat and about what he sees as inferior substitutes.

In Central Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis held forth not just about lab-grown meat, but also about more traditional veggie burgers, which he claims are not as healthy as normal hamburgers fashioned from animal flesh.

“You know, I was, I did a taste test one time,” he said during remarks at the 96th Florida Future Farmers of America State Convention & Expo.

“One of the companies that does a lot of this stuff is headquartered in Florida. So I was down and I was interested in trying other things, but they had me try this burger that was not made of meat, it was not lab grown, it was like plant based, all t...

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