Erika Kirk helped arrange White House sit down between Trump, RFK Jr and angry MAHA advocates

Erika Kirk helped arrange a White House sit down between President Donald Trump, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and MAHA advocates amid their recent dissatisfaction with the administration.

The widow of slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has taken up her late husband’s role as CEO of Turning Point USA and was behind a meeting to bring the disgruntled Make American Great Again moms and others and Trump this month, according to Politico.

Kirk’s intervention comes as a recent poll found that almost half of the people who identify with the MAHA movement believe that Trump’s administration has not done enough to meet their goals after they helped propel him to the White House in the 2024 presidential election.

Insiders told Politico that Kirk “taking the reins” at a pivotal moment ahead of what pundits believe will be a difficult midterm election cycle for Republicans is what her late husband would have done.

“Charlie was a coalition builder, right? Like, he tried to bring these groups together,” a person involved in setting up the meeting told the outlet. “Erika, kind of taking the reins in that way and seeing what she could do, it’s exactly how Charlie also operated and handled issues like this.”

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Leaders of the MAHA movement met with Trump behind closed doors earlier this month, though details of the roundtable were kept largely under wraps.

Kirk reportedly suggested the White House meet with MAHA figures, including Turning Point podcast host Alex Clark, after some in the movement grew upset over a decision in February that enabled the chemical giant Bayer to increase production of its weed killer, Roundup.

“WE ARE IN A MIDTERM YEAR @GOP, IF YOU WANT MAHA VOTERS, ACT LIKE IT,” Clark reacted in a post on X in February.

“We’re not even sure that we even have a path forward in this administration when it comes to pesticides, because it’s very clear that they are entirely owned by Bayer and the chemical companies,” influencer Kelly Ryerson, AKA Glyphosate Girl, who was also at the meeting, added at the time.

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White House spokesman Kush Desai told Politico that administration officials “are in routine contact with MAHA stakeholders and influencers to hear their concerns, questions, and suggestions, and the April MAHA roundtable was one of many such engagements that have been productive for everyone involved.”

After the meeting, the MAHA moms said they felt the White House had listened to their frustrations and was receptive, according to the outlet.

The meeting follows a recent Politico survey that revealed 47 percent of MAHA’s members are not happy with Trump and do not believe he has done enough to Make America Healthy Again.

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