Robert F Kennedy Jr slammed over 'out of touch' comments on beef

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested Americans worried about grocery prices should opt for ‘cheap cuts of meat’, such as liver.

Protein is high up on the United States agenda, with new Dietary Guidelines stating that denizens should consume around 1.2 to 1.6g of ‘high-quality, nutrient-dense protein’ per day.

However, global marketing research firm NIQ has found that the price of ground beef, pork bacon, and chicken breast has risen since US President Donald Trump took office in January 2025.

NBC reported that chicken breast is now $0.11 more expensive, while pork bacon and ground beef cost $0.50 and $0.80 more than they did amid the Biden administration.

With the US Department of Agriculture estimating that the average family of four spends between $1000 and $1600 on food per month, it’s understandable that people are worried about how they can afford groceries and meet demanding protein goals in the current climate.

In retaliation, the Health and Human Services Secretary, 72, has said that the citizens of the United States should just choose to eat cheaper cuts of meat and animal organs.

Speaking at an event for MAHA Action, an advocacy group aimed at advancing the Make America Health Again movement, the politician said: “Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive.

“If you buy a Porterhouse steak or a strip steak, it is gonna set you back,” he continued. “You can buy liver or the cheaper cuts of steak that are very, very affordable.”

A clip of the utterance has gone viral on social media, and critics have had their say.

Journalist Karly Kingsley wrote: “RFK Jr. went from telling everyone to fry everything in beef tallow and eat premium steaks to shrugging and suggesting people try buying liver and scraps.

“This is why out-of-touch wealthy ‘elites’ who don’t understand how the average person actually lives shouldn’t be in charge.”

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." pic.twitter.com/ctP76E6SDh

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A second social media user wrote: “RFK Jr. is out there telling Americans we can afford groceries if we start eating liver instead of beef and cheap cuts of meats.

“He wants the poor to eat cheap stuff while the rich fed on $220 a pound of Kobe Beef,” they alleged. “What a pompous a**! Kennedy is a disgrace as Secretary of Health and to his family. He is definitely a Trump bootlicker.”

Another slammed the father-of-six: “Liver isn't a ‘cut of meat’ it's an organ. We're being told to eat like Victorian labourers. Liver is also not particularly good for you, what being the organ that filters poisons out of the body and being composed mainly of fatty tissue.”

A fourth used the opportunity to liken RFK Jr.’s suggestions to the infamous ‘Let them eat cake’ line, often attributed to Marie-Antoinette, Queen consort of France.

The story goes that the monarch, who was executed during the French Revolution, was told that the French peasants were starving and that they didn’t have a bread.

In response, she allegedly exclaimed, ‘Let them eat cake’.

Others have come out to defend the environmental lawyer for advising struggling Americans choose liver over ribeye steak.

“I like fine dining as much as anyone, but liver and onions is a delicious and nutritious meal too!,” one supporter said.

Someone else responded: “He is right. Organ meats are very nutritious.”

RFK Jr.’s controversial comments come just days after he revealed he wasn’t ‘particularly happy’ with US President Donald Trump’s decision to bolster glyphosate.

The herbicide, used in Roundup weed killer, was described as the ‘cornerstone of this Nation’s agricultural productivity and rural economy’ in an Executive Order (EO).

Despite previously being vocal against glyphosate, the Health Secretary took to X to allege that he ‘supported’ the EO.

“I support President Trump’s Executive Order to bring agricultural chemical production back to the United States and end our near-total reliance on adversarial nations,” he commented.

In an interview with Joe Rogan, 58, RFK Jr. admitted that glyphosate wasn’t a ‘good thing to have in your food’.

“So … it’s not something that I was particularly happy with. Let me put it that way, mildly,” he confessed.