Pence, through his organization, emphasized that Kennedy’s previous support for abortion rights is a significant deviation from the pro-life legacy established during the Trump-Pence administration. In a statement, Pence highlighted that, under their leadership, HHS made decisions daily that either supported or detracted from the sanctity of life. He argued that confirming Kennedy would be “deeply concerning” to millions of pro-life Americans who have traditionally supported Republican nominees.

Kennedy, known for his skepticism regarding vaccines and his environmental activism, had previously expressed a complex stance on abortion. His positions have included support for a woman’s right to choose, advocating for codifying Roe v. Wade into law, and ensuring access to medical abortion pills.

The statement from Advancing American Freedom also pointed out that despite Kennedy’s recent attempts to reassure pro-life leaders, there remains little confidence in his commitment to pro-life policies at HHS. Pence’s group specifically mentioned the daily administrative decisions at HHS concerning issues like federal funding for Planned Parenthood, regulations on abortion pills, and insurance coverage for abortions, all of which would be pivotal under Kennedy’s potential leadership.

With the Senate gearing up for confirmation hearings, Pence’s call for rejection highlights a significant rift within the Republican Party, especially given Trump’s choice to nominate a figure known for his controversial views on vaccines. This nomination has already sparked a broad spectrum of reactions, with public health experts and Democrats expressing alarm, while some conservative groups have been more ambivalent or supportive, focusing on Kennedy’s critique of “corporate capture” in health agencies.

The opposition from Pence, who has been critical of Trump since their time in office together, underscores his resentment toward his former boss. His failed presidential run was embarrassing and he’s been all but excommunicated from Republican politics ever since.

An unidentified shooter killed two people at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis. before committing suicide. Dr. Kavita Patel told MSNBC host Chris Jansing that guns are a “public health crisis” before she attacked Kennedy’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Patel served in the Obama White House as the director of policy for the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement.

“First responders know this better than anybody. They are not just the first to the scene, but I’ve been in the emergency room when we have had these shootings and we’re waiting for people, and we don’t get them,” Patel said. “Because… there are no people that can be saved, and then when you look at the aftermath of the violence, Chris, as we’ve seen, an escalation in the ability to print guns, the ease in which you can gain ammunition, the uneven pattern of laws, depending on the state you’re in and what the laws are, and, let’s just be honest, the culture of violence. I see it with my 10-year-old son, the video games his friends play. They normalize so much of this violence.”

“And I want to go back to American health policy. This is awful, but it’s a reminder that I need to keep at the screening that I do with patients on whether they have guns in the household, how they keep the guns safe, whether they have children in the household, what they do when other children visit their household,” Patel said. “I have had parents even say, ‘Should I ask other parents about guns in the household?’ I said you should. It should be a checklist, not even to think about it, but that’s part of what we’re talking about.”

President-elect Donald Trump announced Kennedy as his nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services in November. Kennedy in the past has questioned whether vaccines cause autism, a view popularized by a discredited study retracted by the Lancet in 2010.

“These are not just policies that we have to enact at our local level. They need to be implemented at the federal level,” Patel said. “And as we’re talking about a secretary of HHS potentially, we’re talking about people who are going to be in leadership position. They don’t even support science when we talk about vaccines. How are we going to depend on them to support the science around gun violence, as it’s literally unfolding in front of our eyes, and it’s tragic.”

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Kennedy has repeatedly accused the medical industry of prescribing medications rather than encouraging good lifestyle choices, telling CNBC’s Jim Cramer Thursday that Americans should first rely on healthy lifestyle choices and nutritious diets before being prescribed GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. Goldberg argued that Kennedy’s encouragement for healthy lifestyle choices is “setting folks up for shame” and said she relied on medication to lose weight. (RELATED: RFK Jr. Wants Fluoride Out Of Water — And It’s Not Nearly As Crazy As His Detractors Claim)

“This isn’t just about food,” Goldberg said. “This is sometimes — people are born genetically larger. But I want to say this to [Kennedy], because you’re setting folks up for shame … Maybe you don’t know you’re doing it, I’m gonna give you the benefit of the doubt. I’m gonna say you don’t know, you don’t realize what you do to people when you say stuff like that because it doesn’t work for everybody and I’m gonna show you sir, because I weight close to 300 [pounds] less than 2 years ago, and without the Mounjaro, this would not have happened.”

After showing off her weight-loss, Goldberg said medications can prevent cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who will co-lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), argued in an X post Wednesday that lowering the costs of “GLP inhibitors” would “improve the health, lifespan and quality of life” of Americans. Medicare is not currently allowed to cover medications for the purpose of weight-loss alone, but will cover GLP-1 drugs for patients with Type 2 diabetes, according to ABC News.

Musk’s post came in response to the ongoing discourse about the current healthcare system following the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. His alleged murderer, Luigi Mangione, wrote a three-paged document lamenting UnitedHealthcare and other corporations for its alleged “abuse” of Americans to make “immense profit,” according to a published copy of the note.

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According to his post on Truth Social:

I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health. The Safety and Health of all Americans is the most important role of any Administration, and HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming Health Crisis in this Country. Mr. Kennedy will restore these Agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again!

HHS is huge. It has 13 operating divisions, including 10 agencies in the U.S. Public Health Service and three human services agencies. Included under RFK’s purview will be the CDC, the FDA, and the NIH.

In other words, RFK will now be empowered to completely reshape healthcare in the United States from just about every federal angle.

Reactions to the news were stunning:

RFK Jr. will make America healthy again! pic.twitter.com/kyv3E7maoB

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 14, 2024

Anyone who claims @RobertKennedyJr isn't qualified to head HHS needs to explain the special qualifications of the current holder of that office, Xavier Becerra, who is a career politician with a law degree.

— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) November 14, 2024

The old Health Minister vs The new Health Minister

Who do you choose? pic.twitter.com/RQBGeF7dLl

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) November 14, 2024

God forbid we let RFK Jr. be in charge of HHS, otherwise he might do something crazy like fund experimental gain-of-function research in Chinese laboratories and cause a global pandemic

Oh wait

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) November 14, 2024

I got to witness Bobby make his announcement to drop out and endorse you front row in Phoenix. He is one of the most genuine patriots I've ever heard speak.

God bless RFK Jr. and President Trump.

— George (@BehizyTweets) November 14, 2024

Just a few months ago @RobertKennedyJr gave up his Presidential campaign to join forces with Trump to “save the children”

Today Bobby was announced as Trump’s new Head of HHS to fulfill that mission and Make America Healthy Again

Congrats Bobby!! pic.twitter.com/bz8Xun41Oc

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) November 14, 2024

LONG OVERDUE. It’s time to get the toxic chemicals, heavy metals and poisons out of our food. It’s time to stop spraying our skies with metals and get the atrazine and fluoride out of our tap water. Gut the FDA. Big Pharma & Big Food work together to make billions keeping us sick

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) November 14, 2024

LFG! Let’s fight obesity and Big Pharma together, and, most importantly, let’s lock up Fauci!

— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) November 14, 2024

Ladies and gentlemen, your new HHS Secretary, Bobby Kennedy Jr.:

"I asked God for 19 years to put me in a position where I could end the chronic disease epidemic and bring health back to our children, and in August, God sent me Donald Trump.”

MAHA MAGA

pic.twitter.com/1vKVSLQ4Y3

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 14, 2024

This move is truly transformative. As Kennedy and Trump have both highlighted, this nation was once the envy of the world for both healthcare and fitness of its citizens. Today, we’re the laughingstock. Kennedy is poised to truly Make America Healthy Again.

According to Kennedy, advertising money spent on television has nothing to do with trying to sell their products and everything to do with keeping networks from running negative stories or investigations about them. There have been numerous reports and even full documentaries about this practice over the years but it is still considered to be a “conspiracy theory”… as reported by corporate media.

Watch:

BOMBSHELL

RFK JR will Recommend to Donald Trump the Complete BAN of Pharmaceutical Ads from US Airwaves

YOU HAVE NO IDEA how big this would be… This will affect every major news outlet, which gets the majority of their funding from…. BIG PHARMA.

THIS is why… pic.twitter.com/S87znUbMYO

— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) November 1, 2024

This isn’t the first time he has made such a promise. While running for president as an Independent candidate, Kennedy said he would make the move on his first day in office if elected.

Only two countries allow Big Pharma to buy television ads: the United States and New Zealand.

Kennedy is expected to take a leading role in the Trump administration should he earn a second term. His “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Alliance is focused on improving the health of American citizens. It’s understandable that his biggest detractors are the Big Pharma companies that make money of Americans staying unhealthy, plus the proxies in media and politics that Big Pharma pays off.

Politicians have generally avoided the topic. There are a handful on Capitol Hill who occasionally mention the group and even a couple who have taken minor actions, but for the most part Washington DC never brings up the topic. That may change if Donald Trump wins because Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who has been promised a role in the administration, seems unabashed in his criticism.

On a recent interview with Glenn Beck, RFK Jr didn’t hold back on the WEF. He called them a “billionaire’s boys club” and highlighted how they push politicians to shift wealth upward.

“The World Economic Forum is ‘a billionaires’ boys’ club that’s arranging for the world to shift wealth upward, and to clamp down totalitarian controls on everybody else.

“It’s astonishing to me that these people go to Davos in their private jets, and they’re able to tell these world leaders how to govern us in ways that eradicate our constitutional and civil rights.”

RFK Jr will be focused on “Making America Healthy Again” as part of a future Trump administration. As a former Democrat and blatant progressive on some issues, the hope by many patriots is that he stays in his lane and doesn’t get into Trump’s ear on too many other topics. When it comes to the WEF, we hope he does get Trump to pay more attention to the dangerous group.