Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo Assists Mike Pence Effort to Torpedo RFK Jr.’s HHS Nomination › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo Assists Mike Pence Effort to Torpedo RFK Jr.’s HHS Nomination › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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As Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearing approaches, more than 80 organizations have voiced opposition to his nomination to head Health and Human Services (HHS)— groups like the NAACP, the National Organization for Women, Indivisible, and Advocates for Trans Equality.

Standing out like a sore thumb among the dozens of left-of-center groups hoping to derail Kennedy’s confirmation is a conservative advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence.

Pence’s group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF), was founded in April 2021, and advocates for “conservative values and policy proposals.” The group’s opposition to RFK Jr.’s nomination is  reportedly driven by his vaccine views, his alleged “checkered past,” and his libertarian views on drug legalization and abortion.

The environmental lawyer and vaccine safety activist ran for president in 2023/2024, first as a Democrat, then as an Independent, but eventually suspended his campaign when his presidential bid failed to gain traction. On August 23, 2024, Kennedy announced he and his V.P. pick Nicole Shanahan would back the Trump Campaign, unifying on key issues like the Ukraine war, chronic disease epidemic,  free speech, and removing corporate influence out of government.