Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Senate no longer has any leverage over me after Democrats won the midterm elections.
Speaking at a MAHA Action event, Kennedy said Senate Republicans had pressed him by threatening confirmation votes, though he did not name the senators involved. Every time I tried to do something robust, I would get calls saying, If you do that, were not going to confirm your appointees, Kennedy said.
He told senior staff at the Department of Health and Human Services after the election that Democrats would not confirm the administrations health nominees, saying, Not one of my appointees has ever gotten a single Democratic vote. Kennedy pointed to Stephen Miller, named White House chief of staff after the election, as a friend of our movement, and added, I dont think anything is going to get in our way now.
He also recalled an earlier post, telling the audience he had said, Just write, Release the Kraken, because thats what were about to do.
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