Just another liberal marketing ploy? Chuck DeVore takes on Chipotle over non-GMO pledge

It was spring when Chipotle announced it was officially “G-M-Over It” and would be the first national food chain to go 100 percent GMO-free.

We always source the very best ingredients, in our food and in our people: http://t.co/Zqx9eg2sH0 #GMOverIt pic.twitter.com/Ffsc3IMgUv

— Chipotle Careers (@ChipotleJobs) April 27, 2015

A cry of joy rose up across the land, with the exception of those anti-science folks clinging to their Bibles and guns.

Today, Chuck DeVore, former California assemblyman and current vice president of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, happened across chubbychipotle.com, an initiative of the pro-consumer choice Center for Consumer Freedom, and found himself in a tangle with @ChipotleTweets.

Too funny. I was just talking with @dianedevore about @ChipotleTweets no-GMO nonsense, then this: http://t.co/FYyJP7U5j5

— Chuck DeVore (@ChuckDeVore) September 5, 2015

@chuckdevore Funny in an ironic way because these guys supported smoking in restaurants and opposed the large drink ban in NYC? -Joe

— Chipotle (@ChipotleTweets) September 5, 2015

What? They opposed Nanny Bloomberg’s “arbitrary and capricious” large drink ban in New York City? Where do we donate?

BTW, everything we eat is GMO. Humans have been GMOing our food for oh, about 10,000 years or so. @ChipotleTweets #tcot

— Chuck DeVore (@ChuckDeVore) September 5, 2015

@chuckdevore Sorry, but we don't equate natural cross-breeding with genetic engineering. No offense. -Joe

— Chipotle (@ChipotleTweets) September 5, 2015

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https://twitter.com/GPSPatent/status/640268225482108928

That's how the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes started, no? @GPSPatent @ChipotleTweets

— Chuck DeVore (@ChuckDeVore) September 5, 2015

https://twitter.com/GPSPatent/status/640269471895031808

You know that & I know that, but few of @ChipotleTweets customers do, hence, marketing. Sorta like gluten-free. @GPSPatent

— Chuck DeVore (@ChuckDeVore) September 5, 2015

https://twitter.com/GPSPatent/status/640270617682382848

Crickets, crickets… Look, it's a liberal arts marketing ploy. It has no basis in science. @GPSPatent @ChipotleTweets

— Chuck DeVore (@ChuckDeVore) September 5, 2015

No basis? Are you seriously going to question the scientific expertise of Charlie Sheen and Bette Midler?

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