Send a letter to the editor against RFK Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary!
With the hearings happening this week on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services, we need your help ASAP! Click here to write a quick and easy letter to the editor for your local newspapers. (We’ll give you a draft letter and all the talking points you need!)
What’s the latest? If you missed it, during the U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing yesterday, it was crystal clear that RFK Jr. is grossly unqualified—he doesn’t really understand what the job entails or what he would be doing as Secretary of HHS—and is a dangerous pick to be put in charge of safeguarding our nation’s health.
In addition, Senators underscored his extensive record of profiting off of parents’ natural worries about the health of their children by advising them not to vaccinate them, as well as espousing other fringe conspiracy theories. This is too much of a risk for our country and there is no reason to believe that he has reversed the dangerous views he has promoted for over 25 years.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services could not be a more important role in ensuring our communities have access to quality health care. From managing Medicaid and Medicare and overseeing the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Institutes of Health (NIH), to preparing for and responding to public health emergencies (i.e. a pandemic), it’s a serious job.
Yet RFK Jr. doesn’t have the experience, background, or qualifications to steward this immense responsibility. Not only does he have a well-documented history of spreading dangerous health disinformation and asserting conspiracy theories as facts, but he also doesn’t have a medical or science degree or any executive experience. He’s out of step with reality, ignoring overwhelming scientific evidence and pedalling false information to the masses without understanding the dangerous ramifications of his misinformed and unresearched ideas.
Simply put RFK Jr. is a danger to our children, our country’s health system, and the well-being of all Americans.
It’s time to ring the alarms on what a disaster his nomination is and apply much-needed pressure to let our U.S. Senators’ know we are paying attention and calling on them to reject his nomination.
This is a critical time. RFK Jr. is testifying before Senate committees this week and then in the coming days, the final floor vote will take place. Prior to the Senate taking their vote we want to flood our local newspapers with letters to the editors to alert the public and our U.S. Senators about the devastating impact confirmation of RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary could have.
It’s time to raise your voice in your local newspapers! We make it super easy for you by providing a sample letter, talking points, and even an automatic way to submit it. Click here to get started. (You can even edit the letter to add in your own personal story if you want).
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