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According to ABC News, some followers of the Make America Healthy Again movement are voicing disappointment with Donald Trump’s administration and US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. The movement had promised to confront the influence of Big Food, Big Agriculture and Big Pharma, but critics within its ranks say corporate interests remain too close to government.
Elizabeth Frost, an Ohio supporter who worked on Kennedy’s presidential campaign, said his decision to end his independent run and endorse Trump felt like “a blind side and a gut punch.” She said she later became disillusioned by health policy decisions, including the loss of funding for a program that provided low-income seniors with vouchers for fresh local fruit and vegetables.
Kennedy has fired the entire vaccine advisory board and presided over a crisis at the Centers for Disease Control in which four senior officials quit in protest. More than 4,000 measles cases have been confirmed in the United States this year, after the disease had been eliminated there in 2000. While some MAHA supporters backed Kennedy’s vaccine actions, others say the focus has diverted attention from other priorities.
Glyphosate, the herbicide used in Roundup, has become a central concern. The Trump administration has expanded domestic glyphosate production and provided a liability shield for companies that make it. More than 200 MAHA activists warned in an open letter that the issue could cost Republicans their House majority in the upcoming midterm elections. Advocates have also criticised corporate sponsorship at a recent MAHA summit in Washington, where sponsors included Walmart.
Democrats including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed have sought to appeal to disaffected MAHA voters by addressing concerns about corporate influence, food systems and toxic chemicals. Frost said she expects mixed electoral consequences in Ohio, but believes the movement’s underlying drive will continue beyond any political cycle.
