MAHA shades Trump after White House boosts pesticide - masslive.com

Make America Healthy activists have darkly warned Republicans that they could scuttle their midterm chances after President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week promoting a widely used herbicide.

The bipartisan coalition of health advocates who rallied behind U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly enraged after Trump moved to ensure adequate glyphosate supplies, Politico reported.

The herbicide is a prime target of their effort to root out toxic chemicals that they say are killing Americans, the online news outlet reported.

“I’m witnessing the bottom falling out on MAHA,” influencer Kelly Ryerson, who goes by the moniker “Glyphosate Girl” online, said of watching the reaction on X, Politico reported.

“People came along on MAHA because of pesticides and foods. It wasn’t because of vaccines,” she said.

Republicans are gambling that MAHA activists can help them hang onto control of Capitol Hill during what’s expected to be a bruising midterm cycle, Politico reported.

Democrats are fretting that the strategy might work — particularly in must-win battleground states such as Pennsylvania.

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker criticized Trump’s order in a statement, calling it an attempt to shield pesticide producers from legal accountability.

“Trump’s executive order is nothing more than an attempt to protect one of the biggest producers of a toxic pesticide from legal liabilities,” the New Jersey Democrat said. “The message from this Administration is clear: chemical company profits are more important than your health.”

The White House defended the order, emphasizing it should not be viewed as support for glyphosate itself, Politico reported.

Instead, officials characterized the measure as a way to boost domestic phosphorus production.

The administration noted that phosphorus serves multiple purposes beyond its use as an ingredient in glyphosate, including weapons manufacturing and semiconductor production, according to Politico.

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