Is MAHA dying—or will it be reborn? What's next after crushing midterm losses?
Summary
The article says the Make America Health Again (MAHA) movement suffered losses in the midterms and faced growing divisions over its goals and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s record as health secretary. It says MAHA could splinter, fade, form a third party, or seek a place in the Democratic coalition, but the article offers no firm outcome.Key Facts
- The article reports that many MAHA-backed candidates and allies lost in the midterms, while Kennedy’s vocal opponents won.
- MAHA includes people with different political views and priorities, from Kennedy’s anti-vaccine positions to concerns about food quality and environmental contaminants.
- Some supporters criticized Kennedy for not banning mRNA vaccines.
- Kennedy drew backlash in February after supporting President Donald Trump’s decision to increase U.S. production of glyphosate, a pesticide many MAHA supporters wanted banned.
- In September, Kennedy appeared at a MAHA-branded summit with corporate sponsors including Walmart, Anthropic, OpenAI, Grail and UnitedHealth.
- Robert Malone, described in the article as a former Kennedy ally, criticized the summit’s corporate sponsorship.
- In a social media poll, activist Mary Talley Bowden offered forming a third party, joining Democrats or overthrowing the GOP as options; forming a third party had a narrow lead at 49 percent when the article was published.
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