Posted by Alumni from The Atlantic
November 16, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s movement has repeatedly been written off as a farce, a stunt, a distraction. Now Donald Trump has nominated him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, where, if confirmed, he'll oversee a life-and-death corner of the federal government. RFK Jr.'s operation had been building toward this moment for months. On August 23, Kennedy suspended his independent presidential bid and endorsed Trump after what he described as 'a series of long, intense discussions' that proved the two were ideologically aligned. Almost immediately, the 'Make America Healthy Again' (MAHA) movement was born, as was a super PAC of the same name. The group's near-term goal was simple: persuade Kennedy's coalition to vote for Trump. His former national field director, Jeff Hutt, became one of the MAHA PAC's leaders, and throughout the fall, in his phone calls and meetings with Kennedy supporters, he kept hearing the same message: If RFK Jr. couldn't become president, he should... learn more
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