The top dog of a super PAC dedicated to Health and Human Services head honcho Robert F. Kennedy Jr. co-hosted an organizing call for supporters and influencers last week. Many have since been speculating that this is an indication that Kennedy could be preparing for a 2028 presidential run.
The Zoom call, which took place last Wednesday, involved hundreds of Kennedy’s supporters, with the subject being breathing fresh life into the “Make America Healthy Again movement. During the call, there was a discussion of ways to create enthusiasm for Kennedy himself.
According to the folks at Axios, “A 2028 presidential campaign wasn’t explicitly discussed, but two people with knowledge of the call came away believing it was a step toward another campaign for Kennedy, whose long-shot run in 2024 wound up helping Donald Trump to victory.”
“Those leading the call included MAHA PAC leader Tony Lyons, vaccine scientist-turned-skeptic Robert Malone, and Kennedy’s top adviser Stefanie Spear, according to two people who were on the call and two others familiar with it,” the article continued.
Several other big names spoke on the call, including podcast host/actor/comedian Russell Brand and motivational speaker Tony Robbins. Lyons’ non-profit organization, MAHA Action organized the call.
A few individuals who participated in the call believe that Lyons being involved means that the PAC would play a pivotal role in preparing Kennedy’s campaign and would be a fundraising apparatus ready and waiting in the event he does decide to run.
Spear, a longtime Kennedy aide who is his top deputy at HHS, highlighted changes he has made at the agency and asked supporters to be patient as he pushes for more changes in health policy, two sources said. During his tenure at HHS, Kennedy has persuaded several food companies to strip artificial dyes from their ingredients lists, pleasing health advocates.
Kennedy also drew criticism for firing top scientists and creating a new, handpicked vaccine review board that was seen as a triumph by the vaccine-skeptical and anti-vaccine communities. Spear didn’t respond to a request for a comment about the call, which lasted more than an hour. Kennedy’s robust network of “MAHA” grassroots supporters and online influencers propelled his independent campaign last year.
We should all take a step back and reflect on an important reality that seems to have slipped from the collective consciousness of our society. During the 2024 presidential race, Kennedy ended up polling as high as 15 percent in some polls. He ended up being the best-performing independent candidate since Ross Perot’s 1992 campaign.
However, he struggled in the fundraising department, getting his name on ballots, and growing his support base.
While Kennedy’s a natural fit for his current position in the Trump administration, let’s not forget that he’s also very liberal on a number of issues, including abortion. Voters rejected a liberal policy platform, rather strongly I might add, during the 2024 election. Will that have changed by 2028?
I don’t think it will given the success Trump’s had with his second administration. Unless this Epstein files situation gets worse. That has the potential to be a game changer.
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