RFK Jr. says we need more herbicide production, stunning his followers

[SamuelTheThird]

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/23/rfk-jr-s-endorsement-of-trumps-plan-to-boost-u-s-herbicide-production-threatens-maga-maha-alliance-00793648

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to endorse increased production of a chemical herbicide he has previously called a carcinogen has sparked a furious reaction among his followers and stressed the MAGA-MAHA alliance.

[SunSeeker]

1. Lunacy!

[Cha]

2. Yeah, Get "Furious".. Rf Jr is Fucked in the

Head... Own It.

Sounds like the little PEDO toady is bowing to PEDO-Putin.

[markodochartaigh]

3. When

I was growing up Kennedys were heros to my family and I. Now there is Senator Kennedy the cornpone chatterbox, justice Kennedy who gave his seat up so that Beerbong Kavanaugh could have it, and Bobby the Roadkill Chef Kennedy.
I'm Thankful that the older generation of our family is not here to see this.

[diane in sf]

9. Only Bobby brainworm is any relation to JFK.

[ShazzieB]

10. True.

The others are irrelevant, fortunately.

[sheshe2]

4. So...

The health secretary explained in a post to X on Sunday night he was backing a directive from President Donald Trump to boost manufacturing of agricultural chemicals he says “put AmericaJHC! This whole adminns at risk” in order to reduce dependence on them from “adversarial nations,” alarming supporters of his Make America Healthy Again movement.

By poisoning them?

JHC! This whole administration is fucking insane.

[Jack Valentino]

5. RFK JR better cut back on the heroin and snorting cocaine off of toilet seats.....

How many 'Democratic senators' voted to confirm HIM????

I don't know--- and I don't want to look it up just now......

[C Moon]

6. RFK Jr. has followers? Now I've heard everything.

[Grokenstein]

7. Once again for the people in the back...THEY. WANT. TO. KILL. US.

YES, YOU TOO.

[xuplate]

8. On the take

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. MaddowBlog-Trump executive order on a weed killer chemical didn't do RFK Jr. any favors

The “Make America Healthy Again” agenda is riddled with a series of overlapping contradictions, which are becoming even more common.

When RFK Jr. was on the campaign trail in 2024, he vowed that if he joined Trump’s team, he would “ban the worst agricultural chemicals.”

I have some bad news for the voters who actually believed he'd follow through on this.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-02-19T18:25:23.000Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-executive-order-on-a-weed-killer-chemical-didnt-do-rfk-jr-any-favors

About a year later, in November 2025, the Republican administration advanced a plan to approve agricultural pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, despite concerns raised by some scientists and environmental activists. Kennedy, in his capacity as Trump’s health and human services secretary, bit his tongue.

This year, the underlying dynamic has reached a new level. The New York Times reported:

President Trump issued an executive order late Wednesday aimed at spurring the domestic production of glyphosate, a widely used weedkiller that has figured in health lawsuits.

The move immediately set off alarms among supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ movement, and appeared to put Mr. Kennedy in an awkward position.

As the report explains, glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, which has been the target of tens of thousands of lawsuits that claim it causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma......

This has been an ongoing issue for months. In June, MS NOW’s Catherine Rampell wrote a memorable Washington Post column along these lines, noting that Kennedy’s MAHA agenda is rooted in part in the idea that Americans’ health would greatly improve through better nutrition and exposure to fewer environmental toxins.

Kennedy, Rampell added, is nevertheless playing a leading role in an administration that’s “expanding use of environmental toxins.”

If Kennedy and Team Trump wanted to admit that the MAHA agenda was largely focused on undermining vaccines, it would be impolitic, but it would also be far closer to the truth.