All posts tagged "Maha"

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s health crusade is coming apart at the seams, and one columnist says its toughest opponents are about to arrive.

In a column published Saturday by The New York Times, opinion writer Jessica Grose argued that a slate of physicians and public health experts on the ballot Tuesday could deliver a crushing blow to the Make America Healthy Again movement that the health and human services secretary built.

She pointed to Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician and the Democratic Senate nominee in South Carolina; Dr. Amy Acton, Ohio's former health director now running for governor; and Abdul El-Sayed, an epidemiologist seeking a Senate seat in Michigan....

The Make America Healthy Again movement that helped President Donald Trump win in 2024 says it's falling apart as it feels abandoned and leaderless.

According to a Friday Politico article, leaders of the coalition said they cannot find a candidate willing to carry their agenda into the 2028 race, and they blame the Trump administration for letting the movement's momentum fade.

"I haven't seen anyone that I'm excited about," said MAHA influencer Kelly Ryerson, who believes issues like regenerative farming and cutting pesticides are politically potent. "And it's weird to me that they aren't being more vocal about it because it's so winning, but they're not."
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A CNN segment featured a supercut of the growing opposition against Trump's "Make America Healthy Again" movement.

"We are on the brink of falling apart," a MAHA influencer is shown confessing in a report by CNN's Meena Duerson. "I am a diehard conservative, and I got this group of moms, and I'm trying to keep us together."

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recruited social media influencers to campaign for Trump's MAHA movement. Kennedy leveraged his past as a lawyer supporting people who sued the former owners of Roundup weed killer for using cancer-causing chemicals....

A once-prominent support group for President Donald Trump and the GOP has warned that they may take their votes elsewhere at the midterm elections.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, writing in The New York Times, highlighted the growing dissatisfaction with the Make America Healthy Again movement. Leading MAHA figures, who backed Department of Health and Human Services head RFK Jr., say they feel disillusioned with the Republican Party and the Trump cabinet's choices.

Stolberg wrote, "Not quite two years later, the MAHA movement is still a political force. But MAHA leaders warn that many of those who embrace the cause are dispirited and disillusioned — and that when the November elections come around, some may just stay home....

The internet reacted on Tuesday to news that Steak 'n Shake had named its first "Chief MAHA officer."

The fast food chain revealed its newest executive hire in a post on X, claiming the company "believes that burgers, fries, and shakes should be made from real ingredients families know and love."

"Michael Boes joins SnS in this new executive role, dedicated to advancing nutritional integrity, ingredient transparency, and the healthiness of our products. The move marks a major step in the Company’s efforts to restore the original spirit of American fast food: food that is simple, real, and delicious." ...

A diehard collection of Make America Healthy Again supporters say they may abandon the movement and Donald Trump if their demands are not heard.

At the core of the MAHA movement is Tony Lyons, the president of MAHA Action and the man trying to calm the storm. A series of administrative choices, some backed by RFK Jr, the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, are at the core of the MAHA movement's concerns.

Lyons, speaking with The Atlantic's Tom Bartlett, says his job at the moment is to maintain MAHA Action's patience in the face of several unpopular administrative choices. ...