A MAHA-driven petition wants EPA administrator Lee Zeldin fired
Source: Scripps News
Posted 4:17 PM, Dec 08, 2025 and last updated 5:00 PM, Dec 08, 2025
A petition demanding the removal of Lee Zeldin from his role as head of Environmental Protection Agency circulated on social media highlights a rift between the conservative health-focused bloc behind the Make America Healthy Again movement, or MAHA, and the mission of the Trump administration when it comes to deregulatory priorities.
The petition, written in the form of a letter to President Trump, criticizes Zeldin for prioritizing the “interests of chemical corporations over the well-being of American families and children,” warning “this approach will inevitably lead to higher rates of chronic disease, greater medical costs, and tremendous strain on our healthcare system.”
Organizers of the petition include Alex Clark, a wellness podcast host that partners with Turning Point USA, and Zen Honeycutt, the founder and executive director of Moms Across America, a group that focuses on food safety, pesticides and vaccine standards. Also on the petition is Moms Clean Air Force, an advocacy group of U.S. mothers seeking to protect children from the effects of air pollution and climate change.
“With every proposed deregulation, he’s allowing families and children to be exposed to more soot, more mercury, more methane, more toxic chemicals, more tailpipe pollution, and more climate pollution," said MCAF founder and director Dominique Browning. "Lee Zeldin must go.”
Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/a-maha-driven-petition-wants-epa-administrator-lee-zeldin-fired
A bizarre combo of groups that put 45 in with some idiotic expectation that they cared.
