Democrats Blame Trump for Recalled Mexican Lettuce Causing 'Explosive Diarrhea'

A voluntary recall was issued for iceberg lettuce distributed to 27 states after federal health officials linked an 'explosive diarrhea' parasite to the popular vegetable from its supplier in central Mexico.

Meanwhile, some Democrats are blaming President Donald Trump for the frequent trips to the bathroom.

Of course, like most any negative condition that makes headlines and impacts Americans, the problem was caused by Trump, according to a Democrat lawmaker and another who is running for Congress.

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) posted a video Saturday on social media claiming the 'worst outbreak in U.S. history' was caused by the president 'taking a wrecking ball' to 'our public health infrastructure,' even though the actual source of the outbreak has been traced to Mexico.

Abdul El-Sayed, who is running for Senate in the Michigan Democrat primary, implied on Friday that the administration was at fault for the 'abnormally shitty couple of months' in the state caused by both the outbreak and bad air quality caused by Canadian wildfires. He blamed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Trump's Food and Drug Administration for the parasite outbreak, and oil companies for the wildfires, presumably through global warming.

Earlier this week, the CDC linked the cyclospora problem to lettuce from a single supplier in Mexico, with the parasite causing at least 1,600 people to become sick this year, the Hill reported.

The distributor, Taylor Farms de Mexico of Guanajuato, Mexico, announced Friday that it is recalling 25 shredded lettuce and salad mix products sourced from the 'contaminated lot' in central Mexico, adding that it also stopped purchasing lettuce from that source.

'We are actively removing the implicated products,' Taylor Farms said in a statement. 'The company has stopped receiving product from the implicated lot, suspended distribution of the iceberg lettuce from Central Mexico, notified our customers, and we are continuing to work with the FDA, CDC, and state authorities.'

'The CDC has confirmed at least 1,645 cases of cyclospora infections and 141 hospitalizations. Cases have been identified in 34 states, with Michigan reporting the largest number of confirmed illnesses,' the Hill reported.

Cyclospora spreads through food or water that has typically been contaminated with feces. It becomes a problem most commonly when fresh produce is washed with contaminated water.