States Go Rogue, Suing Trump Admin For Rolling Back Michelle Obama’s School Lunches

Kids everywhere remember the dark time of lunches past. Michelle Obama’s “healthy” guidelines really screwed up the best part of the day for a lot of kids. Remember the hashtag #ThanksMichelleObama?

When your school puts cheese on a hot dog bun and calls it "lunch". #ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/ywbAe618n3

— Betsy Ettinger (@BetsyEttinger) April 19, 2016

This is the worm I found in my lunch at HHS! I love some protein! #thanksmichelleobama pic.twitter.com/fxwifd3Tiz

— Wyatt Maxwell (@WyattM101215) November 13, 2015

A very hearty school lunch. #thanksmichelleobama pic.twitter.com/UyzunH3D0Y

— camryn 🥀 (@camrynltfb) December 2, 2015

The reason I skipped and went to Wendy's everyday last year. #thanksmichelleobama pic.twitter.com/nun3inmddJ

— Nick (@TheFakeNick04) September 21, 2016

Ha– way to go Michelle. You successfully inspired kids to eat at fast food chains instead.

ANYWAY. Her guidelines were a bust, but for some reason, a group of states are ticked at the Trump administration for rolling back her guidelines. States including New York, California, Illinois, Minnesota, New Mexico and Vermont (and DC) are suing. New York’s leading the charge, because of course.

“Over a million children in New York — especially those in low-income communities and communities of color — depend on the meals served daily by their schools to be healthy, nutritious, and prepare them for learning,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. “The Trump Administration has undermined key health benefits for our children — standards for salt and whole grains in school meals — with deliberate disregard for science, expert opinion, and the law. My office will use every tool at our disposal to fight back against these shameful rollbacks and ensure our children our protected.”

Please look at those images above and explain to me how those meals reach any basic standard of “health.” Also, does the lawsuit address the mass amount of waste Michelle’s guidelines caused? Kids were throwing food away like crazy.

The lawsuit — brought by New York, California, Illinois, Minnesota, New Mexico, Vermont and Washington, D.C. — asks the court to put a hold on the administration’s sodium and whole grain standards and alleges that the changes are “not in accordance with the law.” According to the filing, last year there were nearly five billion school lunches eaten by nearly 30 million children, while more than 14 million children were given breakfast through the national school and breakfast programs.

“Plaintiff States bring this case to protect the health of the schoolchildren in their States by ensuring that nutritional standards for school meals are not changed without an opportunity to comment on the changes and that, as required by Congress, the standards are based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences, and scientific research regarding children’s nutrition,” the complaint reads.

A second lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the administration by the group Democracy Forward on behalf of the Center for Science in the Public Interest and Healthy School Food Maryland.

Here’s a wild thought: If those states have a problem, they can address it at the state level.

Wowowowow what a concept, I know.

h/t ABC News