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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “10% is going to sugar drinks, another 8% is going to…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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RFK Jr. joins Gov. Abbott to sign 'Make America Healthy Again' legislation at TX Capitol (FULL)

Published | Video Starts at 10:38

And one of the ways that we're going to do that is through the SNAP program that the governor just signed. Right now, we spend $405 million a day on food stamps. That's what the taxpayer is spending. 10% is going to sugar drinks, another 8% is going to candies. We are poisoning 60% of our kids who are getting food stamps. The poorest kids, the kids who can least afford to get sick, and we are poisoning them. (10:38–10:44)

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Asserts that 10% of food stamp spending goes to sugary drinks and 8% to candies.

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