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An organization founded by former Vice President Mike Pence is ramping up a pressure campaign to convince Republican senators to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s nomination to become President Donald Trump\u2019s Secretary of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n

Pence \u2014 who served as Trump\u2019s vice president in his first term \u2014 is opposed to RFK Jr. due to his previous support for abortion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever the merits of RFK Jr\u2019s Make America Healthy Again initiative\u2014indeed, whatever other qualities a nominee might possess\u2014an HHS Secretary must have a firm commitment to protect unborn children, or else bend under the pressure and pushback surrounding these daily, critical decisions,\u201d Advancing American Freedom President Tim Chapman and Board Chairman\u00a0Marc Short, Pence\u2019s former chief of staff,\u00a0<\/span>wrote in a letter to senators.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile RFK Jr. has made certain overtures to pro-life leaders that he would be mindful of their concerns at HHS, there is little reason for confidence at this time,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n

This marks the second formal effort by Pence and his organization to block Kennedy\u2019s confirmation. Shortly after Trump announced Kennedy\u2019s nomination, Pence issued a statement urging senators to reject him due to his past support for abortion, The Hill\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kennedy, who initially launched a 2024 presidential campaign as a Democrat, had endorsed a ban on abortion after the first trimester but soon backtracked. He also expressed opposition to banning abortion before fetal viability, generally around 24 weeks of pregnancy.<\/p>\n

On his campaign website, Kennedy said he is \u201ca firm supporter of the principles laid out 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade\u201d and that \u201cif the courts do not overturn Dobbs v. Jackson and restore abortion rights, he will support legislation to accomplish the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

GOP senators appear unfazed by his past statements and have largely supported Kennedy after meeting with him.<\/p>\n

And Kennedy has been attempting to reassure Republicans by stating that his personal views are irrelevant and that he will implement all the anti-abortion policies from the first Trump administration.<\/p>\n

Republican senators who were thinking about voting against President Trump\u2019s nominees to lead key three-letter agencies got blunt advice from Vice President JD Vance: \u201cYou don\u2019t get to make these decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vance did an interview from the nation\u2019s capital with Fox News host Sean Hannity, just one day before the Senate held hearings to confirm Kash Patel as director of the FBI and Tulsi Gabbard as director of the DNI.<\/p>\n

Gabbard, Patel, and Trump\u2019s choice to lead the HHS, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK), are seen as the most controversial picks by the administration and could have a hard time getting confirmed.<\/p>\n

Vance said he thinks all three will get through the process in the end, but Republicans will \u201chave to fight for each one.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that Senate Republicans were \u201cfreethinking\u201d and \u201cindependent,\u201d but he said that the president should choose who serves in his Cabinet.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026The president has made his selections and the advice and consent power of the United States Senate should not be used to block people because you have one policy disagreement on one issue,\u201d Vance told Hannity Thursday. \u201cYou don\u2019t get to make these decisions. President Trump gets to make these decisions, and he already has.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDonald Trump won an imposing mandate because he got a different group of people to vote Republican than had ever voted Republican. We have to give those parts of the coalition some wins, too. So, yes, we\u2019ve got a lot of traditional Republicans in the administration. We\u2019ve got a lot of traditional national security hawks in the administration. But we\u2019ve also got some new people, some people who bring a fresh perspective,\u201d said Vance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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