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Ivanka originally tweeted the need to "promote healthy lifestyles for America's youth," referencing a survey that showed 9.5 million kids hadn't been involved in any physical sports or organized activities over the past year.
In response, Hertling had some thoughts to share with the first daughter. A military analyst for CNN, Hertling spent 37 years in the Army before reentering civilian life. Quoting Ivanka's tweet, Hertling responded in part:
Ummm...there’s this thing called the President’s Council on Fitness, Sport, and Nutrition. Been around 60 years. Used to have 25 appointees.
He noted his own previous role in the organization, as well as former First Lady Michelle Obama's. Hertling then observed wryly, "No one is on the council now" before giving the Twitter handle @FitnessGov and recommending Ivanka "Check it out."
The cause most associated with Michelle Obama is the "Let's Move" campaign, designed to do exactly what Ivanka expressed in her tweet, with the literal tagline "America's Move To Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids."
Hertling wasn't quite done, though. In a followup tweet, he writes, "One more thing...it falls under @HHSGov Ask their Secretary...oh, never mind." It's an apparent dig at the leadership crises over at the Health and Human Services (HHS) department as well.
Trump's original nominee to head the department was Tom Price, a former congressman from Georgia whose short tenure at the department was marked by travel scandal. In its detailed analysis of the events leading up to Price's resignation in September 2017, Politico highlights the expensive flights Price took — sometimes with his wife — that often had questionable relevance to his official government work.
In response, Hertling had some thoughts to share with the first daughter. A military analyst for CNN, Hertling spent 37 years in the Army before reentering civilian life. Quoting Ivanka's tweet, Hertling responded in part:
Ummm...there’s this thing called the President’s Council on Fitness, Sport, and Nutrition. Been around 60 years. Used to have 25 appointees.
He noted his own previous role in the organization, as well as former First Lady Michelle Obama's. Hertling then observed wryly, "No one is on the council now" before giving the Twitter handle @FitnessGov and recommending Ivanka "Check it out."
The cause most associated with Michelle Obama is the "Let's Move" campaign, designed to do exactly what Ivanka expressed in her tweet, with the literal tagline "America's Move To Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids."
Hertling wasn't quite done, though. In a followup tweet, he writes, "One more thing...it falls under @HHSGov Ask their Secretary...oh, never mind." It's an apparent dig at the leadership crises over at the Health and Human Services (HHS) department as well.
Trump's original nominee to head the department was Tom Price, a former congressman from Georgia whose short tenure at the department was marked by travel scandal. In its detailed analysis of the events leading up to Price's resignation in September 2017, Politico highlights the expensive flights Price took — sometimes with his wife — that often had questionable relevance to his official government work.
