Supporters of the “Make America Healthy Again (MAHA)” agenda have a message for senators who may be considering blocking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination. “Opponents will not be seen by the American people.”
President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Kennedy as Secretary of Health and Human Services has drawn fierce resistance from the United States. medical institution and corporate mediathe former independent presidential candidate has an army of supporters willing to go to the mat to secure his approval. MAHA supporters believe Kennedy is uniquely positioned to help the next president. guide The next four years will be the “Golden Age of Health.” (Related: RFK Jr. Senate hearing could further erode corporate media trust)
MAHA supporters are also prepared to scrutinize senators who oppose Kennedy for their ties to Big Pharma and other corporate interests, according to interviews conducted by the Daily Caller News Foundation with several prominent Kennedy allies. That’s what it means.
“It’s outrageous that Republican and Democratic senators would vote against RFK Jr.,” said Zen Honeycutt, founding executive director of Moms Across America, a medical freedom and health advocacy nonprofit. He said this in an interview with DCNF. “It’s a huge step in the wrong direction and people will be furious.”
“Those senators… [who vote no] They are putting the special interests of Big Pharma over the health of the American people,” Honeycutt added. “What Kennedy wants is safer food and access to vaccines. How can you object to that?”
Republican senators must confirm @RobertKennedyJr
The MAHA agenda was a big part of the Trump campaign. Americans voted for it.
It has a mission. Senators don’t have to oppose it on policy grounds. pic.twitter.com/5Og1C3GfC0
— Steve Hilton (@SteveHiltonx) December 19, 2024
Welcome January with prominent Republican allies
Kennedy met with more than a dozen Republican senators at the Capitol in December, when it looked like the lifelong Democrat would win. support Opinions from several social conservatives, including Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. commit This is in support of the pro-life Health and Human Services (HHS) policy that President Trump promoted during his first term.
Senate Republicans appear to be doing the same. hug A significant number of the Republican conference rallied behind Kennedy’s nomination and many of the food and health policy issues raised by MAHA supporters.
On December 19, Kansas Republican Sen. Roger Marshall announced the creation of the Senate MAHA Caucus. promise To “work with RFK Jr. to be the legislative force that ensures MAHA’s key pillars are implemented.”
We need transparency when it comes to vaccines and healthcare. We need to fix our food safety standards. We need to make America healthy again.
I’m proud to participate @RogerMarshall, @SenLummisand @SenRickScott At the MAHA caucus. https://t.co/MgcYP8mv8F
— Coach Tommy Tuberville (@SenTuberville) December 19, 2024
Republican Sens. Tommy Tuberville (Alabama), Rick Scott (Florida), Ron Johnson (Wisconsin), and Cynthia Lummis (Wyoming) are founding members of the Senate MAHA caucus.
No Republican senators have yet opposed Kennedy’s nomination, but Republicans Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and former Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell Republican congressmen who are seen as strongly opposed to President Trump, such as Kentucky (Kentucky), have not changed their stance.
Kennedy: “They’re desperately trying to derail us”
years of experience despise MAHA supporters have ignored media coverage of Kennedy’s nomination because their support has been criticized by the corporate media, and they hope the senators will do the same.
“They’re not accurately reporting on the safety of vaccines or the pesticides in our food. They’re putting their advertising dollars, from Big Pharma to Big Agriculture, ahead of the health and safety of the American people.” Honeycutt he told DCNF. “We see it through. Mainstream media rarely tells us the truth.”
Mr. McConnell secretly threatened Mr. Kennedy to distance himself from efforts to investigate vaccine safety after the New York Times published a misleading exposé on December 13. claim One of Kennedy’s lawyers, Aaron Siri, has asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an independent agency under HHS, to “rescind the approval of the polio vaccine.”
“Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven treatments are not only uninformed, they are dangerous. Anyone seeking Senate consent to serve as the next administration must be involved in such efforts.” You shouldn’t even look like you’re doing it,” said McConnell, a polio survivor. said said in a statement on December 14th.
However, according to Siri, the New York Times article was “completely false.” asked for Siri wants the FDA to conduct another clinical trial of one of the six polio vaccines authorized in the U.S. to ensure its safety when administered to children. said Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson said in a December interview.
“Even if this petition is granted, there will not be a single child or adult in America who would not have had access to the polio vaccine,” Siri told Carlson. “That’s why the New York Times headline is completely false. They knew it was a lie. They were so bent on derailing Kennedy’s nomination that they was intended to be deceived.”
MAHA supporters believe that President Kennedy’s previous statements advocating that vaccines be subject to further scientific research are positions that most Americans support.
Bottom line: I’m not going to take away anyone’s vaccine. I want to make sure that every American knows the safety profile, risk profile and effectiveness of each vaccine. that’s it. pic.twitter.com/JD8eyenO5H
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (@RobertKennedyJr) October 15, 2024
“Bobby Kennedy has always said one thing: Medicines should be the subject of science,” said Callie Means, a prominent MAHA supporter and co-author of a best-selling book. say. bookGood Energy told DCNF. “The president’s directive is to figure out why kids get sick, why kids get autism, and that includes resetting research to answer those questions. ”
“I don’t think any American would disagree with the idea that medicines should be continually studied,” Means added.
“There will be a huge backlash.”
Kennedy’s refusal to confirm would put President Trump in the White House to uphold the MAHA policy and enact food and health policies that helped thrust Kennedy’s campaign into the spotlight, according to multiple sources. Kennedy supporters who could be seen as the senator turning his back on the millions of Americans he helped send back to the United States.
“If RFK Jr. doesn’t get Senate confirmation, I think there will be a huge backlash.”,” Valerie Smith, metabolic health coach and Kennedy supporter, said in an interview with DCNF. “The millions of votes that were cast to re-elect Trump are the same people who would be very vocal if RFK Jr. wasn’t in there.” [HHS]”(Related: Whoopi Goldberg says RFK Jr. is shaming people for being fat by encouraging healthy eating and exercise.
Republican senators’ vote against Kennedy’s confirmation alienated non-traditional Republican voters, such as MAHA supporters, who Trump was able to successfully co-opt and bring into the party during his 2024 presidential run. It may be considered that there are.
“I believe that his mother was a big part of why Trump won, largely because Trump had the wisdom to win over Kennedy,” Honeycutt told DCNF. . “The fact that President Trump used the words pesticides, autism, chronic disease, and cancer in his presidential address was historic.”
“Finally, someone is listening to us. We don’t care what political party they come from,” Honeycutt added. “Our children with autism, autoimmune diseases, asthma and allergies finally have an advocate and someone who will stand up and speak up for us.”
But MAHA supporters argue that the reason Kennedy appeals to so many Americans — his independence from corporate interests and his past history of exploiting corporate interests — is what made him so successful in the process leading up to his Senate confirmation. Several Kennedy supporters told the DCNF that they are aware that this is why they may face hurdles.
“He is a threat to huge amounts of previously unregulated profits,” Smith told DCNF. “He’s up against very powerful lobbyists and huge amounts of money. I just hope and pray he can overcome them.”
“He’s not tied to any industry or company, so he’s free to do what’s right for the American people, not what’s in the best interests of corporations,” says Courtney, a holistic nutritionist and host of a health and wellness show.・Swan says: podkatRealfoodology told DCNF.
“Bipartisan issues of our time”
MAHA supporters are hopeful that Democratic lawmakers, who have already embraced some of President Kennedy’s policies, will also support confirmation of a future HHS secretary.
“Make America Healthy” [Again] This is a modern bipartisan issue, Means told DCNF. “If you closed your eyes at a Trump-RFK rally, you wouldn’t know which party you were listening to.”
“Transparency, medical freedom, and removing conflict from science are bipartisan issues that President Trump has led on, and it is heartening to see leading Democrats express support for the MAHA agenda. ” Means added. “I am optimistic that they will support the non-impeachable, bipartisan policies that Bobby supported.”
Independents Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York have every right to do so. was praised Some aspects of President Kennedy’s policy agenda remain open to a vote in favor of President Kennedy’s HHS-led authorization.
“I think what he’s saying about the food industry is exactly right,” Sanders said. said CBS News also expressed concern about President Kennedy’s positions on water fluoridation and vaccines in a Dec. 5 interview. “The food industry is concerned about their own profits and doesn’t care about the health of the American people. I think they have to take on.” (Related: RFK Jr. wants to take fluoride out of water — and it’s not as crazy as his detractors claim)
MAHA supporters say Republicans and Democrats could come together if there is a mutual understanding that the nation’s food supply is contributing to making Americans sicker.
“Americans are sicker than ever and are tired of being lied to and gassed by the food industry and the health care system,” Swan said. I clapped Sanders’ comments regarding the food industry were made in a DCNF statement. “We are in this mess because we have allowed the industry to control the narrative.”
“This needs to end and RFK Jr. is the only politician who is openly talking about wanting to change this,” Swan added. “We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make real change and get people to do the right thing.”
Honeycutt told DCNF that senators across political lines should be mindful of MAHA and Kennedy’s political advantage.
“The most important issue before us today is health,” Honeycutt said. “Mothers have been pushing for this issue for a long time and we are so happy that this new administration is listening to us and putting health first on the agenda.”
“We don’t care what party someone is from,” Honeycutt added. “If they put health first, we will support them. And I want senators to remember that election time is coming.”
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