Nanny state hypocrisy: When Michelle Obama advocated improving American’s diet, she was mocked. Now it’s mainstream MAHA
Nanny state hypocrisy: When Michelle Obama advocated improving American’s diet, she was mocked. Now it’s mainstream MAHA


Before there was MAHA, there was Michelle.
Anyone following the rise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement can’t help but recall former First Lady Michelle Obama’s efforts to improve Americans’ diets — and the vitriol she faced in response.
Now, many of the same Republicans who skewered Michelle Obama as a “nanny state” warrior have embraced the MAHA movement.
To explore this head-spinning turn, I called up Sam Kass, the former White House chef under President Barack Obama and a food policy adviser who led the first lady’s “Let’s Move” initiative.
Kass said he was happy to find common ground with Kennedy and his MAHA brigade where possible. But he argued Kennedy’s HHS has done little to actually improve the health of the public…
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“Those who are lending their voice for the things that they support are going to ultimately help enable outcomes that are going to be quite devastating for this country and for our kids,” he said in an interview with POLITICO Magazine.
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