RFK Jr allies worry he is being 'marginalized' by Trump and his voice is drowned out: report
Source: The Independent
Thursday 07 May 2026 16:59 EDT
Allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are reportedly worried he is being marginalized by the Trump administration.
There are fears among Kennedys close allies that he is being marginalized inside the administration, opening a fresh rift within the nascent MAGA-MAHA alliance, according to a report from CNN. The concerns surfaced after Trumps latest Surgeon General pick, Dr. Nicole Saphier, was announced without Kennedy reportedly having significant input in the decision.
Saphier, Trumps third Surgeon General nominee in less than two years, was abruptly replaced by Trumps previous nominee, Casey Means, a close Kennedy ally, fueling speculation about fractures in the MAGA-MAHA alliance.
One unnamed Trump adviser dismissed Kennedys Make America Healthy Again movement and its influence within the administration, according to CNN. I hate to say it, but I think theyre a little bit overrated, the adviser told CNN. To some extent, MAHA has always been a paper tiger.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-jr-trump-admin-hhs-allies-b2972586.html
TheRickles
(3,533 posts)cab67
(3,848 posts)Very little of what RFK Jr promotes is sound. His movement needs to end.
Roy Rolling
(7,712 posts)RFKs voice
drowned out is the best advice coming from Dr. Weird.
Nobody wants to hear his cocaine-damaged voice; except in anti-drug ads-Every word is a branding symbol for cocaine and heroin abuse damage.
Just STFU ASAP RFK, Jr.
You arent fit to wear your fathers name.
Javaman
(65,979 posts)but the pedo is at pains to do it because he thinks worm brains cult followers actually matter for the midterms.
tanyev
(49,688 posts)MoseShrute
(146 posts)His voice is like nails on a chalkboard.
oasis
(53,986 posts)Crowman2009
(3,600 posts)Ray Bruns
(6,751 posts)AZ8theist
(7,636 posts)Blue Owl
(59,628 posts)GiqueCee
(4,746 posts)... Roadkill breath's spasmodic dysphoria, and the horrifying fact that he has any "close allies" at all, even the shame of the Kennedy clan must realize that it's not nice to get even a teensy bit more attention than Fatty McPsychopants. It's called malignant narcissism for a reason; all attention has to be focused on him, regardless of the circumstances.
Wicked Blue
(9,022 posts)and stop messing with necessary vaccine recommendations.
Hey Joe
(814 posts)This bunch of ghouls doesnt want more healthy people.
They want more DEAD people!
Sicker, poorer and clinging onto their low wage
jobs which can disappear at any time.
travelingthrulife
(5,580 posts)catrose
(5,377 posts)His voice being drowned out
Dulcinea
(10,313 posts)Bobby Brainworm has no business in that job. Send him back to the obscurity he deserves.
malthaussen
(18,629 posts)SergeStorms
(20,818 posts)that his voice is drowned out! Not only are the entirety of his ideas totally insane, the voice with which he speaks them is like fingernails scraped across a chalkboard to my ears. 🙉
eppur_se_muova
(42,523 posts)
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