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BumRushDaShow

(171,727 posts)
Fri May 8, 2026, 04:05 AM 9 hrs ago

RFK Jr allies worry he is being 'marginalized' by Trump and his voice is drowned out: report

Source: The Independent

Thursday 07 May 2026 16:59 EDT


Allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are reportedly worried he is being “marginalized” by the Trump administration.

There are “fears among Kennedy’s close allies that he is being marginalized inside the administration, opening a fresh rift within the nascent MAGA-MAHA alliance,” according to a report from CNN. The concerns surfaced after Trump’s latest Surgeon General pick, Dr. Nicole Saphier, was announced without Kennedy reportedly having significant input in the decision.

Saphier, Trump’s third Surgeon General nominee in less than two years, was abruptly replaced by Trump’s previous nominee, Casey Means, a close Kennedy ally, fueling speculation about fractures in the MAGA-MAHA alliance.

One unnamed Trump adviser dismissed Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement and its influence within the administration, according to CNN. “I hate to say it, but I think they’re a little bit overrated,” the adviser told CNN. “To some extent, MAHA has always been a paper tiger.”

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-jr-trump-admin-hhs-allies-b2972586.html

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RFK Jr allies worry he is being 'marginalized' by Trump and his voice is drowned out: report (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago OP
Big PhRMA will win out in the end. I'm surprised MAHA lasted this long. TheRickles 5 hrs ago #1
It's got nothing to do with "big Pharma." cab67 1 hr ago #11
it's been long rumored that he's going to be cut loose soon by the orange pedo Javaman 5 hrs ago #2
I doubt he would go out quietly, so that could be fun. tanyev 4 hrs ago #3
I certainly hope his voice is being drowned out MoseShrute 4 hrs ago #4
I'd rather listen to a garbage disposal quartet. oasis 45 min ago #12
So what's the bad news? Ray Bruns 4 hrs ago #5
Um, he should be in a mental institution.... Blue Owl 4 hrs ago #6
Putting aside for the moment... GiqueCee 3 hrs ago #7
Good. He should go back to licking roadkill Wicked Blue 3 hrs ago #8
Silly people Hey Joe 2 hrs ago #9
Yup. The Republican dream for us 'little people' travelingthrulife 2 hrs ago #10

cab67

(3,833 posts)
11. It's got nothing to do with "big Pharma."
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:00 PM
1 hr ago

Very little of what RFK Jr promotes is sound. His movement needs to end.

Javaman

(65,973 posts)
2. it's been long rumored that he's going to be cut loose soon by the orange pedo
Fri May 8, 2026, 07:39 AM
5 hrs ago

but the pedo is at pains to do it because he thinks worm brains cult followers actually matter for the midterms.

GiqueCee

(4,620 posts)
7. Putting aside for the moment...
Fri May 8, 2026, 09:24 AM
3 hrs ago

... Roadkill breath's spasmodic dysphoria, and the horrifying fact that he has any "close allies" at all, even the shame of the Kennedy clan must realize that it's not nice to get even a teensy bit more attention than Fatty McPsychopants. It's called malignant narcissism for a reason; all attention has to be focused on him, regardless of the circumstances.

Wicked Blue

(9,000 posts)
8. Good. He should go back to licking roadkill
Fri May 8, 2026, 10:00 AM
3 hrs ago

and stop messing with necessary vaccine recommendations.

Hey Joe

(762 posts)
9. Silly people
Fri May 8, 2026, 10:26 AM
2 hrs ago

This bunch of ghouls doesn’t want more healthy people.
They want more DEAD people!
Sicker, poorer and clinging onto their low wage
jobs which can disappear at any time.

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