Robert Kennedy allies fear he is losing US Senate support

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Robert F Kennedy Jr’s allies are afraid that he could not persuade enough senators to establish him Donald Trump Health Official.

KennedyWhich is known as Russia’s junior, two days before this week’s interrogation, last minute meetings with Democrats and Republicans, the last three people this week. He met more than 60 senators after his run.

“Now there is more concern than ever,” said the person near Kennedy. “This is a great week. If voting was today, it would be IFFY. We really need to strengthen the momentum this week to overcome all negativity. “

Kennedu’s nomination arises from influential conservative voices, including Wall Street magazine’s editorial board and the Americans that have been established by Former Vice President Mike, which has expressed concern for the support of the former Democrat. Abortion rightsA number

“What strange is the RFK, the clean amount of Maybue, which we have to watch and see where they go down, he will no doubt be a Washington policy analyst.

Republican Senators Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski are considered obvious candidates for Kennedy nomination. All three voted against Trump Protection Secretary Pete last week Senate approval Vice President JD Vance vote only by voting.

But Kennedy’s support for abortion rights and its pressure, funding for food industry and biomedical research were also possible sources of the Republican opposition, and the people of his camp are recognized.

World Senators, including James Lankford, Republican Senators, such as Todd Young and Thom Tillis, who are historically close to the pharmaceutical industry, and those who have a large agricultural industry than John Hoeven a number.

In December, the Indiana Senator said that Indiana’s senator had a “very positive” meeting with Kennedy. For others, the representatives did not answer the requests of comments.

“These are the most consistent approval hearings for any [Health and Human Services] The secretary, which we have probably seen in many decades, “said Mexicans.

Kennedy, skeptical and critic of pharmaceutical vaccines, controlled the share of the area with 13 sections and agencies and $ 1.8 budget if he was approved.

Kennedy’s spokesman said that he had “full confidence” that he would win the Senate vote.

Forecasting market Kennedy gives Kennedy to be 80 percent chance to be approved by almost 100 percent, such as Scott Bessent, Trump’s choice for Treasury Secretary. Tulsi Gabbard, his candidate as the director of intelligence, was only 51%.

Kennedy has caused controversy for its previous opposition for its former opposition, some children’s vaccines, MMR, and 19 Jabi, although he has alleviated these positions to approve the senators.

In the last two years, he has earned $ 11.6 million vaccines and said Keep 10% stake Merck’s Gardasil vaccine in any wind of court. One of his closest advisers, lawyer Aaron Syria, has also filed a lawsuit trying to recall the most popular polio vaccine.

Polyo Survivor, Polyo Survivors, left a problem with Kennedy’s antivirus comments, warning that confidence in “proven treatments” was “dangerous”. Representatives of HERGAKI and Hegshaet’s Middle Rebellations, who voted in Murkovsky and Colin, have not responded to comments.

Kennedy’s swearing syrup to ban Kennedy also worried the senators with states in agricultural hearts.

Acting senators such as Sheldon White and Hovhannes Fetterman flirted to Kennedy’s nomination, compounding the voting with potential. Non-senator did not respond to comments requests.

The latest hearings of the Kennedy Senate Week also pointed out some of the fears that he did not have sufficient support was mentioned in Washington.

“When everything is Kumbaya, it is your stimulus to advance the hearings. The postponement is not your friend, “David Bowen said, the former director of the healthcare sector of the Senate Health Commission. “At best, he will be poured through close voting.”