Turning Point USA now sells a shirt with a cow on it, with the words 'got raw milk?' printed beneath the image.
Some Republicans are touting the benefits of drinking raw milk, a controversial stance given the concerning spread of the H5N1 virus, known as bird flu, among dairy cows.Highly pathogenic avian influenza is an infectious viral illness that spreads primarily among wild and domestic birds, but the virus that causes bird flu can sometimes be transferred to mammals—including dairy cows and, in some cases, humans.
On June 11, Alex Clark, a contributor at Turning Point USA, wrote on X, formerly Twitter: 'Now let me introduce you to my 'got raw milk' crop top with @TPUSA which is triggering the left. Imagine shilling for pasteurized milk, zapped of nutrients, when you could have immune boosting raw milk.'Newsweek has contacted Turning Point USA for comment by email.
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