The MAHA moms who helped elect Trump are out of patience

By Cheyenne Haslett | 06/08/2026 01:27 PM EDT

As Republicans fight to hold Congress, they shouldn’t count on the women who helped elect Trump in 2024, MAHA activists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gestures while speaking onstage.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the Make America Healthy Again summit in Washington on Nov. 12, 2025. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images

The Make America Healthy Again coalition, made up largely of women who followed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. into the MAGA fold, has reached the end of its rope with the Trump administration.

Now many among the group of vaccine skeptics and healthy food crusaders say their vote is up for grabs in the midterms after a string of perceived losses on pesticides and chemical regulations, not to mention disappointing leadership picks and an unpopular war in Iran.

“We thought we were getting a different administration that wanted to stand up to special interests, stand up to the pharmaceutical industry, stand up to the food companies, stand up to Big Ag, Big Chem. And that is not what we got. What we have right now is business as usual,” said Vani Hari, a leader in the MAHA movement known as Food Babe who rose to prominence through her fight against chemicals in food.

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“We’re going to vote for whatever candidate puts the health of our children first,” Hari said. “I don’t have loyalty to anybody. And a lot of people feel that way within the MAHA movement.”

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