What should the role of the federal government be in regulating the sort of food that you’re encouraged to eat or discouraged from eating. Well if you ask technical republican candidate Chris Christie, no role at all. Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola (ThinkTank), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

“If Chris Christie becomes the next president schools probably won’t be required or even encouraged to serve lunches filled with fruits and vegetables.

That’s because Christie said he doesn’t believe the president should have a say in school lunches. Those, he told voters in Council Bluffs, Iowa should be up to the parents.

“Doesn’t the president of the United States have anything better to do than to worry about what you are having for lunch? Let me tell you this, I don’t care,” Christie said Monday when 11-year-old Jacob Royal, who traveled from Nebraska to hear Christie speak, asked the New Jersey governor what he would do to make the lunches better.

Christie said Michelle Obama has “no business” trying to determine what kids should be eating at school.”*

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