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RFK Jr's Own Running Mate Now Thinks he's a Liar or Worse -- Fallout over the Surgeon General Fiasco [1]
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Date: 2025-05-08
In the wake of the abrupt withdrawal of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat’s nomination to be Surgeon General in favor of the even more ludicrous ‘wellness influencer’ Casey Means, RFK Jr’s former running mate, Nicole Shanahan, thinks he either lied to her about his own anti-vax views, or is somehow being manipulated by unseen forces (Big Pharma?) since neither of these unqualified idiots appears to be sufficiently anti-vax for the true extremists like Shanahan. From the Independent:
A day before former Fox News pundit Dr. Janette Nesheiwat was scheduled to appear at a Senate confirmation hearing, President Donald Trump pulled her as his nominee to be the nation’s top doctor. The withdrawal comes amid concerns that Nesheiwat embellished her credentials, as well as growing anger among Trump loyalists over her support for vaccinations.
Means, whom the president said “has impeccable ‘MAHA’ credentials,” has been a close ally of Kennedy’s and rose to prominence in recent years as a “wellness influencer” and a practitioner of so-called “functional medicine.” Along with her brother Calley, a former food industry lobbyist who now serves as a White House health adviser, Means appeared on former Fox News star Tucker Carlson’s show last year – which ended up being the most-watched podcast episode of 2024.
Shanahan, who was Kennedy’s running mate during the HHS chief’s aborted independent presidential campaign, reacted to the growing criticism over the Means’ pick by claiming that Kennedy vowed the Good Energy author wouldn’t have a role in the administration.
“Yes, it’s very strange. Doesn’t make any sense. I was promised that if I supported RFK Jr. in his Senate confirmation that neither of these siblings would be working under HHS or in an appointment (and that people much more qualified would be),” she tweeted on Tuesday night, reacting to an anti-vax doctor’s concerns over the nomination.
“I don't know if RFK very clearly lied to me, or what is going on,” Shanahan continued. “It has been clear in recent conversations that he is reporting to someone regularly who is controlling his decisions (and it isn't President Trump).”
She then took an additional shot at both Casey and Calley Means, claiming that “there is something very artificial and aggressive about them, almost like they were bred and raised Manchurian assets.”
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