‘I share your outrage’: Democrats woo MAHA moms ahead of the midterms

Democrats hope the Trump administration's recent pesticide move will sway voters in their direction.

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The MAHA base is furious with the Trump administration over its promotion of a controversial pesticide. Democrats up for election this fall see a prime political opportunity in the infighting.

President Donald Trump’s executive order on glyphosate, a chemical used in industrial farming, and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s defense of that move, drove a wedge into the Make America Healthy Again movement. As Trump’s Justice Department prepares to back the chemical maker’s Supreme Court bid for legal immunity, it’s exacerbating MAHA’s existing frustrations with an administration that has had a checkered record on addressing their top priorities.

Many grassroots members are channeling that disappointment into action heading into November’s midterm elections. Democrats, meanwhile, are mobilizing to win over these disaffected MAHA voters as internal polling highlights the opportunity.

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