Saying “food should never be used as a political weapon,” Kansas Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial hopeful Derek Schmidt told KGGF News that he had called on the USDA to withdraw its threat to withhold school lunch and related nutrition funding from schools that do not comply with a Biden Administration directive to expand prohibitions against employment discrimination based on gender identity.

Schmidt joined 25 other attorneys in the demand that the Food and Nutrition Service withdraw its proposed directive.

Schmidt was a guest on the Bill Small Show Thursday morning.