Trump angering MAHA with glyphosate order gives Democrats an opening
CNBC
Democrats once counted many of the health-conscious followers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. among their own ranks.
President Donald Trump is careening toward the Make America Healthy Again iceberg after issuing an executive order to boost the domestic production of a key herbicide called glyphosate. Democrats see an opportunity to steer the health-conscious movement back to their side.
Trump strode into a second term in the White House after former Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped his independent bid for president and endorsed him. Kennedy's MAHA movement, which disavows chemicals in food and pushes natural alternatives, played a key part in Trump's victory — and Trump rewarded Kennedy by making him Health and Human Services secretary.
But Trump's recent moves that benefit the very chemicals MAHA hates are creating fissures in the base that helped deliver him to the White House, with less than nine months to go until the pivotal midterm elections and primary elections starting next week. Democrats who hope to strip Trump's near-total control of Washington now see an opportunity to claw MAHA back into their fold.
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