Left-leaning medical groups have launched the Stop RFK War Room to block the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

protect our care — duty free 501c4 explained Influence Watch leads Monday’s organizational meeting to strategize how to block Kennedy’s confirmation by U.S. Senate, Politico reported. The call included hundreds of representatives from dozens of Democratic health care advocacy groups and debated which Republicans to persuade to oppose Kennedy. Those discussed included Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, as well as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. (Related: President Trump and RFK Jr.’s pledge to ‘make America healthy again’ signals a major shift in Republican priorities)

“We do not accept that he is going to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services,” Brad Woodhouse, executive director of Protect Our Care, said on a conference call attended by Politico.

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Mr. Woodhouse agreed with Mr. Kennedy’s views on banning some food additives. But Woodhouse criticized President Kennedy’s desire to cut funding to government agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, saying, “I have some good ideas about what Hannibal Lecter is.” “That doesn’t mean I want to invite Hannibal.” Mr. Lecter, go to dinner. ”

In addition to its federal lobbying efforts, Protect Our Care is targeting senators at the state and local level in various states including Alaska, Idaho, Maine, and West Virginia, according to Politico. began a grassroots campaign against Kennedy in several states.

President-elect Donald Trump announced in a tweet last Thursday that he had nominated Kennedy to lead HHS.

“I am excited to announce the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). For too long, the American people have been subject to deception, misinformation, and disinformation about public health. “We’ve been crushed by the food complex and drug companies that have grown,” Trump wrote.

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