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Guest Essay

This Is How Kennedy Loses the MAHA Moms

April 16, 2026

Credit... Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Rachael Bedard

Dr. Bedard, a contributing Opinion writer, is a geriatrician and a palliative care doctor.

In late February, I went to Austin, Texas, to see America’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., headline an Eat Real Food rally. A Steak ’n’ Shake food truck was on site, offering free burgers and tallow-fried fries. A band of lanky young men with shaggy beards warmed up the crowd of a few hundred people with what was billed as “swampadelic country rock” songs. As Mr. Kennedy hailed the virtues of eating liver and cooking at home, supporters cheered and held up posters featuring steak and cartons of whole milk.

Enthusiastic Make America Healthy Again supporters helped fuel Mr.…