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A new MAHA battle is brewing

Working Lunch: This week’s episode of the restaurant politics podcast looks at the latest news surrounding RFK Jr. and the MAHA movement.

A new battle is brewing with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his MAHA movement. 

The U.S. health and human services secretary has been all over the news lately. In this week’s episode of the Working Lunch podcast, Align Public Strategies’ Joe Kefauver and Franklin Coley discuss Kennedy and his one-man news cycle. 

Kennedy has been on national roadshows, has attacked microplastics and created his own podcast. Kefauver and Coley discuss these developments and what they mean to the foodservice industry.

In addition, the midterm elections are just six months away. They do a deep dive on the political environment and what could happen this November.

In addition, Legislative Scorecard. 

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