Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan said he had a “very productive meeting” with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday.
“We spoke at length about tackling the roots of our country’s chronic disease epidemic and about Alaska’s unique health care challenges. I was particularly impressed with his knowledge of Alaska, the Indian Health Service, and the issues surrounding rural healthcare. I look forward to working with Bobby in his new role as Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services. MAHA!!” wrote Sullivan on X/Twitter.
Kennedy, formerly a Democrat, filed for president as an independent last year. After disappointing results trying to get ballot access in enough states, he stopped his campaign, met with Donald Trump, and agreed to work with Trump on his campaign and to advance better health in America.
After being elected on Nov. 5, Trump immediately named Kennedy as the nominee flor secretary of the department that is in charge of health programs in America.
Kennedy is a health advocate who practices what he preaches. He has been an environmental lawyer who was embraced by the Left, until he joined the Trump team.
Kennedy has said that pollution caused by fossil fuels is a threat to public health and as a candidate he pledged to ban offshore oil drilling. But oil and gas are not going to be in his wheelhouse at DHHS.
The legacy media calls him an anti-vaxxer, but in fact Kennedy is just cautious about the quality of vaccines and whether they provide the health qualities desired, or come with side effects, such as autism in children. RFK Jr. has said he wants transparency in vaccines. It was the former Trump Administration that fast-tracked the Covid vaccines under emergency use orders.
Kennedy is also concerned about food additives and ultra-processed foods in America.
Trump has given him direction to get rid of corruption from health agencies, return the agencies to evidence-based science and medicine, and to end the chronic disease epidemic.
If every Democrat senator opposes his nomination, RKF Jr. can only afford to lose three Republican votes during his confirmation. It is unclear if Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski will be one of those votes.
After RFK Jr.’s meeting with Sen. Roger Marshall, the Kansas senator immediately launched a new caucus in the Senate, the Make America Healthy Again — MAHA — Caucus.
Marshall was joined with co-founders of the caucus Sens. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, and Rick Scott of Florida.
“The MAHA caucus is committed to improving health outcomes by prioritizing nutrition, providing access to affordable, nutrient-dense foods, and focusing on primary care availability to tackle the root causes of chronic diseases,” Marshall said. “With our ‘Food is Medicine’ approach, support from RFK Jr., and a shared goal to Make America Healthy Again, we aim to foster transparency, innovation, and a transformative agenda that builds a healthier, stronger nation.”
When has Dan cared about the health of Alaskans? His primary objective appears to be increasing military capabilities in Alaska. I understand he will argue those dollars will improve the health of Alaskans. He will lose that argument because Alaskans, especially those in the villages are not healthy. And the MediScam programs appear to feed on the problem, not to solve it at all. And what have the Native Corps done, other than a few lucky shareholders purchasing estates in San Diego?
Dan is becoming just a yes, man. Kennedy was probably the biggest mistake of all the appointees.
Excellent news!
Of course he does.
And thanks to you Suzanne for further spreading the nonsense about vaccines and autism. Never mind that there is zero connection between the two and that the bigger threat is the fact that most Americans are fat/obese and lazy. No amount of government intervention is going to make any progress against that truth.
RFK is one of Trump’s best appointments. It gives both middle fingers to the Democrats.
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Good job Dan. RFK getting nominated is a demand of the American voter. It best happen. Republican and Democrats are sick of crap food and sick of our current medical system. Pharmaceutical companies are thieves. Medical insurance sucks.