Governors across the country — including at least one Democrat — are jumping on the latest Make America Healthy Again trend: banning the purchase of soda and candy with food stamps.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins signed another round of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program waivers this week for West Virginia, Florida, Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, allowing them to prohibit the purchase of soda, and, in some states, candy, sugary beverages and other sweets.
While states like Oklahoma were quicker than others to embrace the MAHA agenda — Gov. Kevin Stitt announced his waiver was sent to Rollins at a MAHA event in the state with Health Secretary Robert Kennedy in late June — 12 total states now have waivers, and Kennedy implied more were on the way.