by Casey Harper
A U.S. House Democrat blasted President Joe Biden for his planned ritzy dinner with France’s leader Emmanuel Macron.
Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, called out Biden on Twitter, suggesting the president is a hypocrite for crushing the lobster industry with strict regulations while purchasing 200 lobsters from Maine for the state dinner with Macron.
Golden has spoken against regulations limiting lobster harvesting for environmental reasons.
“If the Biden White House can prioritize purchasing 200 Maine lobsters for a fancy dinner, @POTUS should also take the time to meet with the Maine lobstermen his administration is currently regulating out of business,” Golden wrote on Twitter.
If the Biden White House can prioritize purchasing 200 Maine lobsters for a fancy dinner, @POTUS should also take the time to meet with the Maine lobstermen his administration is currently regulating out of business. https://t.co/PLiGGopsid
— Congressman Jared Golden (@RepGolden) December 1, 2022
Biden is scheduled to spend Thursday with Macron, including a morning bilateral meeting, a press conference around noon, as well as the dinner.
The criticism comes as Maine’s lobster industry is under fire from environmental groups over concerns about its impact on north Atlantic right whales.
As The Center Square previously reported, Whole Foods will stop selling lobster caught in the Gulf of Maine at hundreds of its retail stores across the country. The company cited concerns raised by sustainability groups, including the Marine Stewardship Council, which has withdrawn its endorsement of the U.S. lobster industry.
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Casey Harper is a Senior Reporter for the Washington, D.C. Bureau of The Center Square. He previously worked for The Daily Caller, The Hill, and Sinclair Broadcast Group. A graduate of Hillsdale College, Casey’s work has also appeared in Fox News, Fox Business, and USA Today.
Photo “Lobster Fishing in Maine” by SMilla4 CC2.0
This dinner should have been a PILOT for what they are pushing for the rest of us.
Soured milk better than any cheese
French fried roaches garnished with marinated ants
And for the champagne their own urine excreted in a port a potty.
Well Golden, you helped put him there so look in a mirror.
How many whales have been killed by lobster fishing? Probably none. Why don’t these environmental groups go fly a kite! It seems like our President loves Maine lobster!
North American Right Whales are baleen or filter feeding whales. They are intelligent enough to avoid most lobster boats, so that the restriction on Maine lobster fishing makes little or no sense. I have been on a lobster fishing boat and they take care of the lobsters to the extent that their fishing is entirely sustainable. Could someone please tell me why the Biden administration is cracking down on the lobster industry other than virtue-signaling?
Maybe some lobsterman said something The Big Guy didn’t like, so now they’re all considered domestiic terrorists?
‘let them eat cake!’ – mutton head joe