Quote of the year, via FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb: "An almond doesn't lactate"

Quote of the year, via FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb at a Politico summit on agriculture policy from Tuesday: “An almond doesn’t lactate, I will confess.”

WATCH:

The Trump administration will start cracking down on calling nondairy products like soy and almond drinks “milk.” “An almond doesn’t lactate, I will confess,” said FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb at #ProSummit https://t.co/gDMRpOrbDp pic.twitter.com/cKqZB7042a

— POLITICO (@politico) July 17, 2018

The war over “liquid coming from nuts” has begun:

Trump Admin Declares War on Liquid Coming from Nuts cc @jayleeson https://t.co/Cg6Kysucoz

— Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) July 18, 2018

Long overdue if you ask us:

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) thinks so, too:

Wisconsin dairy farmers have been asking the @US_FDA to simply enforce the laws already on the books. I’m encouraged to hear they will finally start enforcing milk marketing standards on non-dairy food products. https://t.co/VY3f1H5D6M

— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) July 17, 2018

And this does bring us “one step closer to the Swanson doctrine”:

One step closer to the Swanson doctrine. pic.twitter.com/q7HEL90Evw

— Angela Morabito (@AngelaLMorabito) July 18, 2018

But liberals are angry about it for some reason:

This administration’s priorities, man. https://t.co/YAOBYO2NrR

— Emily Atkin (@emorwee) July 18, 2018

So much for the party of science.

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