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Opponents of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s nomination to lead HHS<\/a> are buying tens of thousands of dollars in ads across the states of key Republican senators as he plans to meet with them this week.<\/p>\n

Protect Our Care, which has launched a Stop RFK War Room, has bought advertising slots \u2014 from digital ads to billboards \u2014 calling on constituents to urge their senators to oppose Kennedy\u2019s nomination, leaders of the group told Blue Light News.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to accelerate our activity,\u201d said Brad Woodhouse, executive director of Protect Our Care, a health advocacy group aligned with Democrats. \u201cWe think this week\u2019s a big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group is targeting GOP senators it believes could be persuaded to vote against Kennedy\u2019s confirmation: Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and the newly elected Jim Justice (R-W.Va.).<\/p>\n

The ads connect Kennedy\u2019s unsupported claims about the danger of vaccines to the deaths of more than 80 children during a measles outbreak in Samoa in 2019 \u2014 and argue that health professionals, scientists and the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board oppose his confirmation, making it a safe position for Republicans.<\/p>\n

Why it matters:<\/b> Protect Our Care, along with several groups focused on public health, are arguing to senators \u2014 and the public \u2014 that Kennedy\u2019s views on vaccines, medical authorities and key health policies would be detrimental to the U.S. population, should he lead HHS.<\/p>\n

To block Kennedy, four Republican senators would have to oppose his confirmation if every Democrat votes no.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next?<\/b> Protect Our Care expects more campaigning against the nominee in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will spend more,\u201d Woodhouse said. \u201cWe\u2019re just starting this process.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Opponents of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s nomination to lead HHS are buying tens of thousands of dollars in ads across the states of key Republican senators as he plans to meet with them this week. Protect Our Care, which has launched a Stop RFK War Room, has bought advertising slots \u2014 from digital ads to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}