Your alcoholic beverage is the next thing possibly on the slash list of the Biden administration in case you were wondering what’s coming next from the government that has put or tried to put restrictions on gas stoves, incandescent light bulbs, vehicles run by fossil fuel, and a number of other traditional items that have been part of daily life for ages.
Last week, British newspaper Daily Mail reported that Biden’s health czar Dr. George Koob is mulling new guidelines for alcohol consumption that would recommend limiting one’s beer intake to two drinks a week. The story cited Dr. Koob claiming there are no health benefits to alcohol:
Dr. Koob told DailyMail.com that there were ‘no benefits’ to drinking alcohol in terms of physical health.
In that regard, Dr. Koob stated the new alcohol consumption guidelines in America, up for review in 2025, should follow those in Canada where the CCSA (Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction) recommends consuming no more than two alcoholic drinks per week for minimizing health and safety risks. By contrast, the current guidelines in America consider two drinks per day for both genders a safe limit.
Conservative media slammed Dr. Koob’s statement on new recommendation alcohol consumption. Fox News commentator Griff Jenkins called Dr. Koob’s comments on recommended alcohol limits “the dumbest crap” he has ever heard.
On Steven Crowder’s conservative commentary site Louder with Crowder, blogger Brodigan reminded that the mask mandates at schools during the COVID-19 emergency started as “guidance” but were “enforced for political reasons.” He went on to relate that move to the potential suggestion on beer while adding satirically that the Biden administration has an alcohol czar:
“We are ONLY pointing out that Biden’s alcohol czar wants to offer a suggestion. And also, Biden has an alcohol czar.”
Other conservatives mocked the Biden administration for even considering such a degree of control over the lives of Americans as well as questioned the legality of any proposed official restrictions on one’s alcohol consumption. Conservative Brief reminded viewers that being a recommendation, it’s entirely up to people to follow or reject it; it is not enforceable by law.
Biden's Nanny State Strikes Again – 'Alcohol Czar' Seeks to Limit Beer. pic.twitter.com/YzHbGSFX4b
— Conservative Brief (@ConservBrief) August 27, 2023
Troy Nehls, Republican Congressman from Texas, strongly reacted to the news of Dr. Koob’s comments about recommended beer limit, saying that this shows you who Democrats are and how much they want to take control of our lives.
This is who the Democrats are. They want to control every aspect of your life. Two beers a week? What a joke. Let’s not forget that JFK snagged 1,200 Cuban cigars just hours before banning all Cuban products from the United States.
Fox News’ White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked Biden’s White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre if Joe Biden was onboard with Dr. Koob on this and she refused to answer, saying she is not familiar with the data and would leave it to the experts.
