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MAHA leaders have warned that many who embrace the cause are dispirited and disillusioned.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg
WASHINGTON – On a sweltering night in August 2024, moments before Robert F. Kennedy Jr endorsed then candidate Donald Trump at a packed rally in Arizona, a conservative young wellness podcaster named Alex Clark had a fleeting backstage conversation with the once-and-future president.
“I said: ‘Mr President, please keep talking about food and pharma; this has a massive impact with undecided female voters,’” recalled Ms Clark, now a leading conservative voice in Mr Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement.
