The Ben Shapiro Show - September 29, 2026


The MAHA Movement Is More Popular Than You Think

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MAHA movement popularity Pilates workouts and fitness routines
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Ben Shapiro
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Sam Harris Maha Donald Trump Mike Tyson Kedrick Walker Jr. Gavin Newsom Solid Core Kennedy James Stellarico Brooke Rollins Sabrina Walker Pete Buttigieg John Ossoff Lee Zeldin Mark Kelly Joe Biden JD Vance RFK Jr. Politico Polani
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00:00:00 Well, the most popular member of President Trump's cabinet remains RFK Jr.
00:00:04 That's why we have the MAHA segment here on the Ben Shapiro show.
00:00:07 Our MAHA segment, sponsored by our friends over at Balance of Nature.
00:00:11 MAHA, the Make America Healthy Again movement, is holding a summit with Mike Tyson.
00:00:17 It is amazing how Mike Tyson's image has changed over time, right?
00:00:19 I mean, there was a point when he was the baddest guy who was out there, and now he's kind of like a beloved American figure.
00:00:25 Vice President JD Vance and Health Secretary RFK Jr. are going to speak for the second year in a row at an event organized by Kennedy's Make America Health Again.
00:00:32 Healthy again, allies in Washington, is according to Politico.
00:00:35 The event brings together other members of President Trump's cabinet, including Agricultural Secretary Brooke Rollins and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, as well as some executives in healthcare companies and trade groups with business before HHS.
00:00:48 Mike Tyson is going to show up.
00:00:49 He'll talk about the Maha athlete.
00:00:51 He was in an ad back in February in the Super Bowl for a Maha group where he talked about eating unhealthy and then ate an apple.
00:00:59 You know, again, all this is good, like encouraging people to eat healthier and to be more careful about their diet.
00:01:04 All that's a very, very good thing.
00:01:05 And actually, it's made RFK still, by polling data, the most popular member of the Trump cabinet.
00:01:10 He remains the most popular Trump cabinet member, RFK Jr.
00:01:14 In fact, House Democrats are now calling on Hakeem Jeffries to go back after RFK Jr.'s followers.
00:01:19 And remember, RFK Jr. was basically alienated by the Democratic Party because they went too nuts.
00:01:23 He ran for the Democratic nomination against Joe Biden and was essentially barred from the ballot in a lot of areas because they were afraid that someone might actually beat Biden.
00:01:32 And then he ended up in Trump's cabinet.
00:01:34 According to Politico, House Democrats' health policy wish list, should the party have a majority next year, includes winning over RFK Jr.'s followers, alongside rolling back what Republicans have done to reduce government health care funding.
00:01:46 So, AOC is leading a months long effort behind the scenes to court MAHA advocates to the Democrats' side.
00:01:52 She is hoping the party's anti corporate message can appeal to voters disaffected with Trump's and Kennedy's leadership.
00:01:58 But one of the prerequisites there is that Democrats not be fascistic about vaccines.
00:02:04 So, again, interesting.
00:02:06 The Democrats are trying to horseshoe back around and grab onto MAHA.
00:02:10 Maha is largely an anti establishment movement.
00:02:12 So I think that that's going to be a difficult road for Maha to somehow be hijacked by the Democrats, but possible.
00:02:21 Possible.
00:02:22 And again, that does remain pretty popular in America, the Maha movement.
00:02:25 Meanwhile, in sort of Maha land, I will say I was amused by a piece in the Wall Street Journal about Pilates.
00:02:33 So according to the Wall Street Journal, Jim bros are going to Pilates and leaving shaking like a chihuahua.
00:02:39 And they talk about a guy named Kedrick Walker Jr., who thought he was in for a cute little workout, he was joining his wife, Sabrina Walker, for class at Solid Core, a trendy chain where fitness buffs sweated out on Pilates inspired reformer machines.
00:02:50 And Kedrick said, The door is closed and the instructor started yelling at me like we were at an auction.
00:02:55 He said, All around him, women half his size were rocking it.
00:02:57 An hour later, he emerged tired and hungry, his legs shaking like a chihuahua's.
00:03:03 To be fair, Solid Core is brutal.
00:03:06 So I have gone with my wife many, many times actually to Solid Core.
00:03:11 And it is vicious.
00:03:12 It is incredibly difficult because it works all the muscles that men don't enjoy working.
00:03:17 Like when I'm working out, you know, you want to do like your back and your chest and your biceps and your tries.
00:03:20 Like that's where maybe you have a leg day occasionally, but leg day is annoying.
00:03:25 His salad core is all leg work and core work, and it is vicious.
00:03:30 Like they've got you using the reformer to do oblique movements and all this stuff.
00:03:35 Oh my God, it is terrible.
00:03:37 It is truly terrible.
00:03:39 Again, not all exercises are made the same for the men and for the women.
00:03:43 And that is certainly true of Pilates.
00:03:46 And it's just fascinating to see how people are trying these sort of cross fitness routines.
00:03:53 Yes, again, people ask me about my fitness routine because, of course, I'm ripped beyond belief.
00:03:56 And some of it is weight training.
00:03:58 Obviously, there's a little bit of cardio, but there's some solid core mixed in there as well.
00:04:04 Highly recommended, but viciously brutal.
00:04:06 Okay, but I guess that gives me something in common with Kamala Harris.
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00:04:23 So, Kamala Harris says that she's taking Pilates.
00:04:24 I assume we're talking like wine Pilates or something, but here we go.
00:04:29 You're a private citizen now.
00:04:31 What is your favorite thing to do that you couldn't do before?
00:04:36 Okay, written it.
00:04:38 Oh, no.
00:04:39 Don't tell too many people.
00:04:41 You know what I'm doing?
00:04:43 I'm taking Pilates.
00:04:45 That's fun.
00:04:46 I am.
00:04:48 Have you done it?
00:04:49 I have.
00:04:51 That's a workout.
00:04:52 I've been dancing, so Pilates felt very natural for me.
00:04:52 It's a workout.
00:04:55 And then I tried to do it again when I got grown, and I had to restart.
00:04:58 It's really because it's about stretching and it's strength and it's breathing.
00:05:06 Oh my God. 1.00
00:05:08 You know, that lady right now could still be the Democratic nominee. 1.00
00:05:12 You know that?
00:05:13 Like, if you look at the 2028 presidential election polling right now, if you took a look at the Democratic primaries, I mean, again, if you just look at the polling right now, that charmless human is leading in the polling by like leaps and bounds.
00:05:28 In the 15 most recent polls, On a national Democratic polling spectrum, Kamala Harris clocks in at 29%, and the next closest competitor is Gavin Newsom at 12%, Pete Buttigieg at nine, Alexander Ocasio Cortez at eight, John Assoff not even charting, and Mark Kelly at eight.
00:05:46 So things are not going great in Democrat land. 0.52
00:05:50 The fact that Kamala Harris, whose idea of just riveting TV here, is talking about how sometimes she does.
00:05:59 Have you ever tried Polani's?
00:06:01 No, you discovered it.
00:06:02 It was you.
00:06:03 You discovered Pilates, Kamala.
00:06:06 Pretty astonishing.
00:06:06 Now, the case against Kamala is that whoever wins the Democratic nomination is going to run against the party.
00:06:12 There's an interesting piece from Axios showing that there's been a huge uptick in Democratic ads that mention either the Democratic Party or both parties in a negative context.
00:06:22 So Democrats are now running against the Democratic Party.
00:06:24 And Kamala is going to have a hard time running against her own party. 0.61
00:06:28 One of the basic rules of politics right now is that first you run against your own party and then you run against the opposing party.
00:06:33 You saw this in 2016, most prominently with Donald Trump, who ran openly against the Republican Party and then took it over. 0.72
00:06:39 On the Democratic Party side, can Kamala Harris run a campaign against her own party?
00:06:42 That's going to be very difficult. 1.00
00:06:44 The thing Kamala Harris has in favor of her, obviously, is that the early primary states stack up well for her. 1.00
00:06:51 South Carolina is well over 50% black in the Democratic primaries. 1.00
00:06:55 They could theoretically vote as a block for Kamala Harris, but she is an establishment candidate.
00:07:02 And it'll be interesting to see.
00:07:03 Whether there's an anti establishment candidate who sort of comes out of the woodwork here.
00:07:07 Even Gavin Newsom at this point is considered somewhat establishment.
00:07:09 So Kamala Harris is the candidate.
00:07:11 Yeah, I mean, I think people are underestimating her chance. 0.96
00:07:14 And listen, maybe she'll be able to do it on the basis that she loves Pilates.
00:07:17 Have you ever tried it?
00:07:18 You know, you're like, it's really, it's good.
00:07:20 Like they're stretching, but also working out, but also more stretching.
00:07:24 Things are going well for the Democratic Party, except that they kind of are in the midterm elections.
00:07:30 So James Stellarico is running a neck and neck race in Texas, which is totally insane.
00:07:35 Tellerico is out there saying that he is just rooting himself in the Bible, especially the transing of the kids.
00:07:42 When Jesus healed the sick, he didn't ask for a deductible.
00:07:54 So, when I fight for universal health care, I'm doing it on biblical grounds.
00:08:01 When Jesus fed the hungry, he didn't price gouge to turn a profit.
00:08:06 So, when I say that no child in the state of Texas should go to bed hungry, I'm doing it on biblical grounds.
00:08:17 And when the Hebrew prophets saw corruption in high places, they spoke truth to power.
00:08:24 So when I take on the politicians who are serving themselves and not the people, I am doing it on biblical grounds.
00:08:33 What did he expect Jesus to do exactly?
00:08:35 Like somebody comes up to him and Jesus heals him with his hands and then is like, Can I have your insurance card?
00:08:40 What is he even talking about?
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