Article originally appeared on dailycaller.com.
A left-leaning health care organization has launched a “Stop RFK War Room” in an attempt to thwart Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s nomination as secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Protect Our Care — a tax-exempt 501c4 described by Influence Watch as a vehicle to lobby for the preservation of Obamacare — led an organizing call Monday strategizing how to prevent the U.S. Senate from confirming Kennedy, Politico reported. The call included hundreds of representatives from several dozen Democratic-aligned healthcare advocacy groups and involved discussion of which Republicans to try and persuade to oppose Kennedy. Those discussed included Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and even Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. (RELATED: Trump, RFK Jr’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Pledge Signals Major Shift In GOP Priorities)
“We’re nowhere near conceding he’s going to be the next HHS secretary,” Brad Woodhouse, executive director of Protect Our Care, …
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