During a town hall in Myrtle Beach, SC, Sen. Bernie Sanders implied that he would consider using a meat tax to reduce animal agriculture in the U.S. to help fight climate change.

Sanders: “Thank you for the question and it’s a good question all I can say is if we believe as I do and you do that climate change is real we’re gonna have to tackle it in every single area including agriculture, okay?

Bernie Sanders suggests he is open to a “meat tax,” other efforts to target animal agriculture pic.twitter.com/tky9MoUfdv

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— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 30, 2019

“And in fact, one of the things we want to do with our farmers out there is help them become more aggressive.” He continued, “And able to help us combat climate change rather than contribute to it. So we will certainly… you’re right we got to look at agriculture. We’ve got to look at every cause of the crisis that we face.”

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Bernie Sanders suggests he is open to a “meat tax,” other efforts to target animal agriculture pic.twitter.com/tky9MoUfdv

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 30, 2019

Student feeding question written by socialist teacher.

— Carl Cottingham (@cottinghamcarl) August 30, 2019

They should go for it for in all 2020 Democrat campaigns:

I really hope the Democrats take up a meat tax for the 2020 campaign.

— Marcus (@mrcmsn) August 30, 2019

No one tells me what to eat:

Elect me and I will tell you what you can or can’t eat. And that’s just the beginning. pic.twitter.com/Lu3JVEXFaO

— TommyHour🇺🇸 (@thomashourigan1) August 30, 2019

Dems and socialists. Never saw a tax they didn’t agree with.

That’s how we wind up with cars that we get taxed to buy, taxed to drive, and taxed to sell.

— Jamie F (@_troglodyte_) August 31, 2019

Bacon!

Taxing bacon is akin to when the brits taxed tea. How’d that work out for them?

— Eric aka Rocketman (@keck553) August 30, 2019

That’s going to play out so well in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Wyoming, Montana and other big ranching states. Meanwhile, I still won’t try an Impossible Burger.#SoylentGreen pic.twitter.com/0ACTfNnPEM

— SummerShine (@SilverSummerSun) August 30, 2019

Tax tax tax… These undue taxes are why America was founded. This is the whole point of the 2nd amendment. That civilian militias ensure that the tyranny that led to our founding not be repeated here. Why can’t our government live within its means? Americans support gov.

— TT (@trumpteam1964) August 30, 2019