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babylonsister

(172,232 posts)
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 09:59 PM Wednesday

News Not Bad Enough for You? RFK Jr. Is Reportedly Considering Another Presidential Run

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rfk-jr-is-reportedly-considering-another-presidential-run


News Not Bad Enough for You? RFK Jr. Is Reportedly Considering Another Presidential Run
An event held by his super PAC has people talking.
By Bess Levin
July 16, 2025


If you’ve ever looked at Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and thought “I like the work he’s doing undermining vaccines and otherwise putting millions of people’s lives at risk, but I’d like to see it done on a bigger scale,” today is your lucky day. According to a new report, Mr. MAHA may be considering making another presidential run in 2028.

Axios reports that Kennedy’s super PAC “co-hosted an organizing call for supporters and influencers last week,” a move that has stirred “speculation that he’s positioning for a run at the White House in 2028.” The Zoom call brought together hundreds of Kennedy’s supporters and was “aimed at energizing his grassroots ‘Make America Healthy Again’ movement and discussing ways to build enthusiasm for the Health and Human Services secretary.” While a presidential campaign was not “explicitly discussed,” two people familiar with the matter told Axios that they came away from the event “believing it was a step toward another campaign for Kennedy, whose long-shot run in 2024 wound up helping Donald Trump to victory.” The call was reportedly led by Tony Lyons, the cofounder and cochairman of the MAHA super PAC; vaccine skeptic Robert Malone, and Kennedy adviser Stefanie Spear. According to Axios, it was Lyons’s involvement that people saw “as a sign that the PAC would help prepare a campaign and fundraising machine in-waiting for Kennedy, to be ready if he chooses to run.”

How would Kennedy pitch himself to the American people during a second potential shot at the White House? While he would undoubtedly tout his war on synthetic food dyes, he could also run on:

Helping usher in a record-breaking number of measles cases in the US, thanks to his dedication to undermining vaccines
His support for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which will cause millions of people, many of whom are children, to lose health insurance
The National Cancer Institute cuts that experts warn will “set this nation back dramatically in our ability to reduce death and suffering”
The proposed near total elimination of funding to the CDC’s chronic disease center, despite Kennedy’s claims of being all about fighting chronic disease


It’ll be tricky to fit it all onto a lawn sign, but surely he can come up with some kind of snappy slogan to summarize the above. Or maybe just a photo of him dressed as the grim reaper would suffice.
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News Not Bad Enough for You? RFK Jr. Is Reportedly Considering Another Presidential Run (Original Post) babylonsister Wednesday OP
Well, the one good thing of him spewing this now is that JD Vance and his nasty-assed Tech Bros will hlthe2b Wednesday #1
he figures if a multi-felon con man rapist and seditionist can be president Skittles Wednesday #2
Of all the idiots in this administration who have the potential for offing themselves from their stupidity... Initech Wednesday #4
he is pretty sick Skittles Wednesday #8
Talk about "delusion" - does HHS have a drug test? - what's the wife's gambit? UTUSN Wednesday #3
Sick fuck dalton99a Wednesday #5
Except, now everyone has seen what a loon he is. Baitball Blogger Wednesday #6
Go 'head on. Only clueless dipshits will get oasis Wednesday #7
Another snake oil salesman and his ego. Solly Mack Wednesday #9
Tippecanoe and Whale Juice Too LudwigPastorius Thursday #10
He'll be thrown under the bus by Theil, Vance, and crew fujiyamasan Thursday #11
Well, hopefully everyone who'd be dumb enough to vote for him slightlv Thursday #12
RFK Jr., "I made it safe for measles again." yellowcanine Thursday #13
Time to suck up to Elon thought crime Thursday #14
At the same time he's working to kill off all of his future voters mdbl Thursday #15
I can't believe he is the same person I used to listen to all the time on Air America DeeDeeNY Thursday #16
Is it possible to sign vetoes and bills while wearing a properly fastened strait jacket? Ping Tung Thursday #17
Shoowing he is still PATRICK Thursday #18

hlthe2b

(110,696 posts)
1. Well, the one good thing of him spewing this now is that JD Vance and his nasty-assed Tech Bros will
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:03 PM
Wednesday

have a fit and begin the back-stabbing and plotting.

Skittles

(166,089 posts)
2. he figures if a multi-felon con man rapist and seditionist can be president
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:31 PM
Wednesday

ALL BETS ARE OFF

Initech

(105,680 posts)
4. Of all the idiots in this administration who have the potential for offing themselves from their stupidity...
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:43 PM
Wednesday

I have extremely high odds on RFK Jr being the first one. He literally swam in raw shit.

oasis

(52,502 posts)
7. Go 'head on. Only clueless dipshits will get
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 10:52 PM
Wednesday

behind the campaign of a whacked out egotist. Who needs them?

fujiyamasan

(479 posts)
11. He'll be thrown under the bus by Theil, Vance, and crew
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 12:55 AM
Thursday

As soon as he’s no longer useful (as soon as he’s out of office).

slightlv

(6,137 posts)
12. Well, hopefully everyone who'd be dumb enough to vote for him
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 11:19 AM
Thursday

will be dead via his policies by then! /s

DeeDeeNY

(3,771 posts)
16. I can't believe he is the same person I used to listen to all the time on Air America
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 02:16 PM
Thursday

Air America Radio was a progressive radio station on air for about 5 years that essentially gave Rachel Maddow her start. Some of their other hosts in the beginning were Randi Rhodes, Sam Seder and Jeannine Garofalo, Mark Maron and Mark Riley, and Al Franken. The show "Ring of Fire" was co-hosted by RFK, Jr. and Mike Papantonio, who spent a good deal of time bringing Republican mis-deeds to light. RFK Jr. championed the case of Don Siegelman's wrongful imprisonment https://www.democraticunderground.com/1002799103 . He referred to scientists who spread propaganda for the big oil companies as "biostitutes". Before many people knew who Marco Rubio was, he devoted a lot of time to why he would make a bad Senator. In general, he would lay out logical and rational arguments against Republicans and backed everything with facts.
What happened to him? Could the brain worm have damaged his personality?

PATRICK

(12,288 posts)
18. Shoowing he is still
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 02:44 PM
Thursday

useful to the GOP election rigging via a third party? Realizes at least all his positive(in his own mind!) goals are made impossible by Trump and DOGE? In any event, he replaces both reality and personal guilt under some delusional blanket, What has HE been taking all these years? Crazy makes a great ally to purposeful evil.

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