Trump's 'enormous political misstep' enrages Fox News MAHA activist: 'Might cost midterms'

A prominent advocate for the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative expressed outrage Tuesday over what they called the president’s “enormous political misstep,” an executive order that they warned “might cost the midterms for the Republican Party.”

“This was an enormous political misstep in terms of what the administration did... a real slap in the face to MAHA,” said Kelly Ryerson, a prominent MAHA advocate, during an appearance on Fox News.

Ryerson, who’s better known as the “Glyphosate Girl” – glyphosate being a commonly used chemical agent to treat crops that studies have found may carry “long-term risks to public health” – was referencing President Donald Trump’s recent executive order designed to boost the production of glyphosate.

Trump’s executive order, coupled with Republican lawmakers’ recent push to provide a legal liability shield for pesticide makers, was potentially a fatal mistake on the part of the GOP and Trump administration, one that could very well sink Republicans’ prospects come November, Ryerson warned.

“Glyphosate is a banner issue for MAHA. We're very concerned about its impact on the body – it's in the air, it's in the water,” Ryerson said. “That seemed unnecessary and it absolutely lit up [MAHA]. Truthfully, it might cost the midterms for the Republican Party.”

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case where it’s expected to decide whether federal law preempts state-level lawsuits alleging that glyphosate causes cancer. The case coincides with Republicans’ ongoing efforts to shield pesticide makers from legal liability.

MAHA advocates have felt blindsided by the Trump administration’s posturing around pesticides, which many argue ran counter to some of MAHA’s core tenets.