The very regulations that Gluesenkamp Perez says prohibit serving fruit actually require it.
Promoting a right wing theme about government to pander to voters is a disturbing trend. Don't depend upon the click bait article. The article I linked to goes into depth about this important issue. The important issue here has nothing to do with bananas.
Why Is a Democratic Representative Claiming It’s Illegal to Peel Bananas in a Daycare?
A persistent theme of Gluesenkamp Perez’s rhetoric is that government bureaucrats are out of touch with ordinary Americans, and she laments “rulemaking done by people in suits […] not by people in Carhartts.” She repeatedly uses the kind of rhetoric about excessive regulation that one might typically associate with the right, arguing that Democrats need to be more serious about cutting the “red tape” that makes ordinary people’s lives more difficult.
A persistent theme of Gluesenkamp Perez’s rhetoric is that government bureaucrats are out of touch with ordinary Americans, and she laments “rulemaking done by people in suits […] not by people in Carhartts.” She repeatedly uses the kind of rhetoric about excessive regulation that one might typically associate with the right, arguing that Democrats need to be more serious about cutting the “red tape” that makes ordinary people’s lives more difficult.
A rule prohibiting peeling bananas in a daycare does indeed sound silly. “You know regulations have gotten too convoluted and out of hand,” she says, when “small childcare providers can’t even peel a banana for them out of fear the state will shut down their facility.” And to those inclined to agree with narratives about red tape gone mad, it sounds like the kind of thing that might be true. But is it? I contacted Washington’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families. They were emphatic with me that there is no such rule.
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I think we’re going to be seeing a lot of centrist Democrats adopting a superficial pro-worker appearance in the wake of Kamala Harris’s election defeat. They’ll start swearing more (Gluesenkamp Perez reportedly swears prolifically). They’ll wear suspiciously clean Carhartt overalls for photo ops. They’ll buy Christmas tree farms and auto body shops so they can go “Well, as a small business owner myself…” while carefully fudging the distinction between the owner and the workers (just as the New York Times does). They’ll start showing performative suspicion of higher education. (Gluesenkamp Perez demanded that FTC director Lina Khan tell her how many people without college degrees work at the FTC, as if it would be good to have more trade commissioners who have never taken an economics class. Gluesenkamp Perez guessed the answer was 0, though it is in fact 8 percent.) We’ll get more Democrats like John Fetterman, a Harvard graduate who dresses like a slob and has a disdain for the progressive left. A few might even copy Donald Trump and pull a fake shift at a McDonald’s. Republicans understand how to pair pro-ruling class policies with everyman aesthetics, and Democrats will run the same playbook.
Much more: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-is-this-member-of-congress-claiming-its-illegal-to-peel-bananas-in-a-daycare
"We do not have a rule that says you cannot peel fruit for children. If providers are touching foods that a child would put directly in their mouth, there are rules around glove use."
Department of Children, Youth, and Families spokesperson, Nancy Gutierrez
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