RFK Jr. Launches GetActive.gov to Boost Outdoor Activity
The Spin
Republican narrative
GetActive.gov is part of the broader renewal America needs as the country grapples with a spiritual malaise marked by isolation and a decline in civic life. With 80% of adults failing to meet basic fitness guidelines and teens glued to screens for nearly 9 hours a day, the chronic disease crisis demands more than medical solutions — it requires a cultural revival. Reconnecting Americans with the outdoors, real food, and physical activity is a simple, proven way to restore both health and social cohesion.
Democratic narrative
GetActive.gov is window dressing on a MAHA agenda that's gutting the very institutions that keep Americans healthy. Slashing NIH funding by nearly half, purging vaccine experts and replacing science-driven leadership with ideologues undermines public health far more than any hiking website can fix. Promoting outdoor activity while dismantling biomedical research and health care access is a hollow trade-off.
