RFK Jr. and his 'MAHA' agenda make some Republicans nervous as they look to the midterms
President Donald Trump has elevated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. Some Republicans worry it comes at a cost.
Standing on stage at Madison Square Garden last fall, Donald Trump foreshadowed how he would deploy Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his administration.
“I’m going to let him go wild on health,” Trump said. “I’m going to let him go wild on the food. I’m going to let him go wild on the medicines.”
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Trump kept his word, naming Kennedy Health and Human Services secretary and allowing him free rein to pursue his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. But now, some Republicans want Trump to rein Kennedy in, saying they’re concerned his efforts could hurt them in the midterm elections, by raising costs for farmers and consumers as voters say prices remain their top concern.
“President Trump is working to fulfill the mandate the American people gave him to lower costs and ease the burden on working families, but members of his own Cabinet are undermining that mission,” a Republican strategist working on midterm races said. “RFK doesn’t care that Trump is already burning a lot of capital on his trade agenda, and if he continues to pursue 'MAHA' in such an ideological way, costs are going to soar and our chances of success in the midterms will be jeopardized.”
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