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BumRushDaShow

(172,302 posts)
Fri May 8, 2026, 04:05 AM May 8

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 Kennedy’s 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 Trump’s latest Surgeon General pick, Dr. Nicole Saphier, was announced without Kennedy reportedly having significant input in the decision.

Saphier, Trump’s third Surgeon General nominee in less than two years, was abruptly replaced by Trump’s previous nominee, Casey Means, a close Kennedy ally, fueling speculation about fractures in the MAGA-MAHA alliance.

One unnamed Trump adviser dismissed Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement and its influence within the administration, according to CNN. “I hate to say it, but I think they’re 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

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cab67

(3,848 posts)
11. It's got nothing to do with "big Pharma."
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:00 PM
May 8

Very little of what RFK Jr promotes is sound. His movement needs to end.

Roy Rolling

(7,712 posts)
20. Terrible Analogy
Sat May 9, 2026, 05:30 AM
May 9

RFK’s “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 aren’t fit to wear your father’s name.

Javaman

(65,979 posts)
2. it's been long rumored that he's going to be cut loose soon by the orange pedo
Fri May 8, 2026, 07:39 AM
May 8

but the pedo is at pains to do it because he thinks worm brains cult followers actually matter for the midterms.

GiqueCee

(4,746 posts)
7. Putting aside for the moment...
Fri May 8, 2026, 09:24 AM
May 8

... 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)
8. Good. He should go back to licking roadkill
Fri May 8, 2026, 10:00 AM
May 8

and stop messing with necessary vaccine recommendations.

Hey Joe

(814 posts)
9. Silly people
Fri May 8, 2026, 10:26 AM
May 8

This bunch of ghouls doesn’t want more healthy people.
They want more DEAD people!
Sicker, poorer and clinging onto their low wage
jobs which can disappear at any time.

Dulcinea

(10,313 posts)
14. It can't happen quickly enough.
Fri May 8, 2026, 01:41 PM
May 8

Bobby Brainworm has no business in that job. Send him back to the obscurity he deserves.

SergeStorms

(20,818 posts)
16. I hope to (insert name of favorite deity here)......
Fri May 8, 2026, 04:53 PM
May 8

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. 🙉

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