The Make America Healthy Again coalition, made up largely of women who followed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. into the MAGA fold, has reached the end of its rope with the Trump administration.
“We thought we were getting a different administration that wanted to stand up to special interests, stand up to the pharmaceutical industry, stand up to the food companies, stand up to Big Ag, Big Chem. And that is not what we got. What we have right now is business as usual,” said Vani Hari, a leader in the MAHA movement known as Food Babe who rose to prominence through her fight against chemicals in food.
[Well, how many millions did you give him?]
But multiple White House actions supporting the pesticide industry this spring ignited a firestorm of backlash from MAHA advocates who consider pesticides a primary toxin in the food system. The frustration continued with a proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule to roll back limits on four “forever chemicals” that contaminate millions of Americans’ drinking water and are linked to health problems. Former FDA Commissioner Marty Makary’s resignation and Casey Means’ failed nomination for U.S. surgeon general deepened disappointment that true believers in the movement were being sidelined.