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A letter signed by 77 Nobel Laureat opposing the confirmation of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., considered a reason to oppose him, is almost completely composed of political donors, many of them who supported Democratic campaigns.
“In view of its record, placing Mr. Kennedy in charge of DHHS would put the health of the public in danger and undermine the overall leadership of the United States in Health Sciences, both in the public and commercial sectors,” he wrote more than 75 Laureats Nobel in a open letter Posted by the New York Times last month.
A digital review of Fox News found that at least 60 of the signatories are political donors, mainly in democratic campaigns, including Steven Chu, who served as former Energy Secretary of former President Barack Obama. Chu donated $ 5,400 to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2016.
Nobel laureate Laureat, Joseph L. Goldstein, who also signed the letter, has given tens of thousands of dollars to Democrats, including former representative Beto O’Rourke, former President Joe Biden and SMP Super Pac aligned With the Democrats.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Getty)
The North -American economist George A. Akerlof, who is married to Biden’s Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, also signed the letter to give $ 25,000 to Biden in 2020 and $ 20,000 in the DCCC in 2018.
Akerlof signed a letter In June last year, he warned the economic dangers of the election of President Donald Trump again in office, which was amplified by the Biden campaign and other Biden substitutes, and also shown with signatories that They have given Biden or politically supported him in the past.
Akerlof, who donated $ 90,000 to Democrats between the 1990’s and 2022. calling Trump’s re -election effort “Selfish and reckless.”
Louis E. Brus, a North -American chemist who signed the letter, is a frequent Democratic donor, including sending $ 2,000 to Biden’s campaign.
The chemists Walter Gilbert, Johann Deisenhofer, Alan Heeger and Brian Kobilka also donated to the Democrats, including the representative Alexandria Ocosio-Cortez, former President Kamala Harris, Obama and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
The logo of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States. (AP/Jacqueline Larma)
Other signatories include the donor of Planned Parenthood David David Baltimore, the donor of John Kerry Michael Rosbash, the former President Bill Clinton Nih, the director of NiH, Harold E. Varmus and the donor Adam Schiff Kip Stephen Thorne.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. It houses a fire chat with the rapper and producer Eric B. at the factory of the Lord on February 18, 2024. (Pictures of John Nation/Getty)
“If there is one thing that the North -Americans should understand about politics, they are rarely as they seem,” said Camryn Kinsey, a Confirm 47 chief executive, at Fox News Digital. “This letter seems nothing more than an attempt not sucked by special interests to block a candidacy for critical cabinet. The fact that one of the signatories is a former Obama Officer officer and most are Democratic donors, tells you all the whole you need to know
Kennedy also faces an opposition campaign of 1 million dollars of Protect Our Care, which is endorsed by the Dark Money Sixteen Thirty Fund background that is not obliged to spread its donors, Politico reported.
It Dark Money Fund It is a group “committed to facing the greatest social challenges of society” such as climate change and weapons reform, contributed $ 181 million, spending about $ 141 million by 2023.
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Kennedy, who has been criticized by both parts of the aisle for previous positions on vaccines and their position on abortion, will have its first confirmation audience on Wednesday at 10 am.
In addition to coping with the Opposition of New York Times and other requests experts, Kennedy has faced support for the medical community, including an initiative With the support of the IMA Action, a coalition of more than 15,000 healthcare professionals, who are supporting Kennedy.
“Our coalition is wide, very active and deeply committed to very necessary health reform,” said Lynne Kristensen, director of Communications of Action IMA, in a statement. “We will go back against the falsehoods of the pharmaceutical -funded opposition to RFK Jr., and our healthcare professionals will be very active with their senators, policymakers and public health agencies.”
“Kennedy and other HHS confirmations are to restore health in the America’s healthcare system, and IMA action is excited for health reform to be at the forefront of national conversation.”
