Billionaire philanthropist Nicole Shanahan has put far-left Senator Rafael Warnock on notice following his critical stance against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
This showdown occurred shortly after Kennedy’s compelling testimony before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday.
Warnock criticized Kennedy’s reluctance to commit to controlling healthcare premium spikes and his failure to distance himself from his views about the CDC.
“I’m voting NO on Mr. Kennedy’s nomination to lead [Department of Health and Human Services].
“He wouldn’t commit to working to prevent health care premium spikes & didn’t denounce his conspiracy theories about the CDC, which employs thousands of Georgians. I won’t support a nominee whose policies hurt Georgians.”
I’m voting NO on Mr. Kennedy’s nomination to lead @HHSgov.
He wouldn’t commit to working to prevent health care premium spikes & didn’t denounce his conspiracy theories about the CDC, which employs thousands of Georgians. I won’t support a nominee whose policies hurt Georgians.
— Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (@SenatorWarnock) January 29, 2025
Shanahan, who has previously bankrolled Democrat campaigns, including Warnock’s own, fired back with a scathing response.
She reminded the senator of her crucial financial contributions during the 2020 Georgia Senate runoffs that arguably secured his seat.
“Man do I regret ever helping you,” said Shanahan.
“The only reason you’re in that seat is because I sent massive financial support to Shirley Sherrod’s c4 to mobilize rural Georgia during the 2020 runoff. I’ll be correcting that massive mistake asap. You’re awful.”
Man do I regret ever helping you. The only reason you’re in that seat is because I sent massive financial support to Shirley Sherrod’s c4 to mobilize rural Georgia during the 2020 runoff. I’ll be correcting that massive mistake asap. You’re awful.
— Nicole Shanahan (@NicoleShanahan) January 29, 2025
Having been RFK Jr.’s running mate during his brief presidential campaign before he endorsed Donald Trump, Shanahan has become a vocal advocate for his confirmation.
She has threatened to leverage her substantial financial resources against any senator who opposes Kennedy’s nomination, indicating a new, aggressive stance in political advocacy.
She said in a video statement:
“I urge everyone to call their U.S. Senators over the following days and demand they vote yes on Bobby’s nomination. He is more than qualified, he’s proven, principled, and prepared to lead. I’ll list, I’ll share a list below of key Senators. If they represent your state, they need to hear from you.
If they don’t, please call your own Senator and ask them to vote yes. We need as many votes as we can get. So this hasn’t been widely reported, but in 2020, I cut large checks to Chuck Schumer to help Democrats flip two Senate seats in Georgia from red to blue.
The two candidates I helped elect, Senator Raphael Warnock and Senator Jon Ossoff, please know I will be watching your votes very closely. I will make it my personal mission that you lose your seats in the Senate if you vote against the future health of America’s children.
And more than that, I also want to say to Senators Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Bill Cassidy, Tom Tillis, James Lankford, Cory Booker, John Fetterman, Bernie Sanders, and Catherine Cortez Masto, this is a bipartisan message and it comes directly from me.
While Bobby may be willing to play nice, I won’t. If you vote against him, I will personally fund challengers to primary you in your next election and I will enlist hundreds of thousands to join me. Big Pharma and Big Ag have exploited us for far too long.
It ends now. You’re either on the side of transparency and accountability or you are standing in the way. The choice is yours.”
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