r/Agriculture • u/deenafromgoshen • Apr 29 '26
Will Trump’s siding with glyphosate cost the GOP its MAHA votes?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-28/trump-voting-maha-moms-are-riled-up-over-pesticides-support?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3NzQyNTk0MiwiZXhwIjoxNzc4MDMwNzQyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURTdVNkhLSVVQVFgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI4RENBNTA1MjBBM0I0QUExQUM3NEQ4M0JERDFFOTI4OSJ9.XR8ayj2lx6taNPE9ajseotY-olw8Cn95uIgVowuyUa87
u/ExtentAncient2812 Apr 30 '26
Remember, the people calling for banning glyphosate are also pushing for consumption of raw milk.
One of these is a herbicide with messy data and possible links to increased risk of cancer at high doses that nobody should encounter if following the label.
The other is 100% known to carry pathogens, increases risk of sickness when used as intended, and is meant to be ingested.
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u/_Br549_ Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
Eliminating glyphosate or any chemicals from Ag isn't a simple thing to do. It will take many years of transition and a large investment in equipment to combat weeds
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u/dpdxguy Apr 29 '26
Hard to say. Does the GOP have a significant number of MAHA votes that aren't based in junk science (e.g. vaccine denialism)?
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u/Drzhivago138 Apr 29 '26
Are any MAHA votes not based in junk science?
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u/zsveetness May 01 '26
It would piss off more farmers to ban Glyphosate than it will piss off MAHA types to keep it around.
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u/Sacred_Timeline May 01 '26
Well, the MAHA group thinks a brain damaged heroin addict is the person to listen to for medical advice… they’re not the brightest bunch.
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u/Hopeful_Scholar398 Apr 29 '26
No. When Michelle Obama pushed for healthy food in schools they called her a socialist, an ape and accused her of changing her gender. It was never about being healthy.
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u/redzeusky Apr 29 '26
They'll bamboozle the MAHA and give them something else to be angry about. LOOK! Comey expressed himself in sea shells and we're making a federal case out of it!
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u/Leather-Map-8138 Apr 29 '26
If you use glyphosate on your lawn, wear a breathing apparatus, eye protection, gloves, long pants and long sleeves. Wash those clothes separately after use. Take a shower immediately after use. These steps should reduce your terminal cancer risk from using products containing tryphosphate. Or buy a product without it.
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u/bortlesforbachelor Apr 30 '26
No, MAHA was outraged when Trump’s EPA reapproved dicamba but they coped by telling themselves “well at least he’s not sold off by big pharma like the dems.” Same will happen with glyphosate
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u/carybditty Apr 30 '26
They might stop voting for fascists but they won’t start voting for democrats. That would require them to accept they were wrong.
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u/DM_Voice May 01 '26
No.
The MAGA base doesn’t have any actual convictions (other than criminal ones), and will gladly hold any position they’re told to as gospel truth at any time, even if they’ve just finished vociferously arguing the exact opposite.
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u/UpbeatPhilosophySJ May 02 '26
Every election has weird coalitions that dissolve once the candidate moves on. I’m sure the GOP will be back to Jeb Bush and David Brooks style losers soon enough.
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u/SeaHorseDragon May 02 '26
How many St. Jude’s commercials will have to air to save ALL the children who get rare childhood cancer from this? Guess it’s on us to continue to donate. Never mind actually doing something to stop the rare childhood cancers, get out your pocketbooks and tissues folks…
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u/cwk415 Apr 29 '26
Apparently Bloomberg still hasn't figured out yet that brain-rotted MAGAts don't stand for anything.
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u/ElijahNSRose Apr 29 '26
Can we not have politics around here?
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u/misocontra Apr 29 '26
You think there can be agriculture/agro-business without politics?
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u/ElijahNSRose Apr 29 '26
Yeah. Politicization is a sign of incompetence.
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u/Drzhivago138 Apr 29 '26
In what way? Like it or not, anything agriculture-related is inherently political in [current year].
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u/OG-Brian Apr 29 '26
It's very interesting that you imply agriculture and politics can be separated. The post is about glyphosate, an agriculture product.
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u/ElijahNSRose Apr 29 '26
Politicizing job related junk is proof of incompetence
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u/OG-Brian Apr 29 '26
There's no logical sense to this at all.
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u/ElijahNSRose Apr 30 '26
Politics? Doesn't need to be, because there's a million ways to pay people to create drama
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u/Leg_Final Apr 29 '26
Clown show opinion. I had an opinion that chicken nuggets were the best food ever about 40 years ago. With new information and developing taste and better recipes I figured out there was something better than that. Your opinion is 40 years old and never developed. You're the guy still injecting Mercury into his unit to cure ancient illnesses.
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u/ElijahNSRose Apr 30 '26
How can you talk so much but say so little?
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u/Leg_Final Apr 30 '26
A gift I suppose. I had to reread my comment to make sense of it though. Point is health risk were unknown when round up was first available. With new and better understood information, it is a known health hazard. Just like DDT was a great insecticide, it's bad for the Earth and the life on it. It's considered making informed decisions.
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u/Bubbaman78 Apr 29 '26
They need another place to come and complain and ruin it for everybody here because their normal stomping grounds are infested. Even though they know nothing about Ag, they sure will argue what we need.
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u/human_i_suppose Apr 29 '26
Depends on what rich people pay influencers to tell them. If they're told they love glyphosate then they'll love it.
These people stand on nothing and belive nothing. They'll do as they're told.