Several Senate Democrats who attacked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his confirmation hearing have been found to be on the Big Pharma payroll.
The hostility @RobertKennedyJr experienced at his hearing was directly proportional to how much Pharma money each Senator received. In fact, each of them simply repeated the same attacks we just saw flood the mass media (all of which were blatant lies). 🧵 pic.twitter.com/ND7jqU4B1F
— A Midwestern Doctor (@MidwesternDoc) January 30, 2025
These Democrat senators repeatedly attacked Kennedy for daring to question Big Pharma, prompting internet sleuths to quickly uncover the potential motivation behind these attacks — their campaign donations from the healthcare industry, which has been terrified over the prospect of Kennedy taking over the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and instituting reforms to make Americans healthy again without the overprescription of pharmaceuticals.
One of the Democrats who attacked Kennedy during the hearing was Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), who ironically deemed Kennedy as “someone who chases money and influence wherever they lead, even if that may mean the tragic death of children and other vulnerable people.”
Soon after Wyden’s comments, social media blew up with people confirming that the Democrat senator was actually the one chasing “money and influence” from Big Pharma.
Between 2019 and 2024, Wyden’s campaign committee and leadership PAC took in a staggering amount of money from the healthcare industry, including $749,316 from health professionals, $539,242 from health services and health maintenance organizations (HMOs), $502,063 from pharmaceutical companies, and $375,951 from hospitals and nursing homes, according to data from Open Secrets.
Ron Wyden (D) just claimed that RFK Jr, “is…someone who chases money and influence wherever they lead, even if that may mean the tragic death of children and other vulnerable people.”
Wyden has received 1.5 million from the health care industry.
Notable donors include,… pic.twitter.com/SJczo7PJ25
— Anna Matson (@AnnaRMatson) January 29, 2025
Another one of those Democrats was Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who went on a shrill tirade against Kennedy by effectively demanding that he not file lawsuits against Big Pharma companies if he is confirmed as HHS secretary.
“You’re asking me to not sue drug companies, and I’m not gonna agree to that subject,” Kennedy said in response to Warren’s questioning.
RFK Jr: “You're asking me to not sue drug companies, and I'm not gonna agree to that subject.”
“I'm not gonna agree to not sue drug companies or anybody.” pic.twitter.com/XOP3dY5Mid
— American Values 🗽 (@AVPac_US) January 29, 2025
Soon after Warren’s unhinged rant, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) revealed on X that Warren was also on Big Pharma’s payroll, pointing out that she had received more than $5 million from the healthcare industry just during her failed Democrat presidential primary run — including $2,366,613 from health professionals, $1,600,888 from hospitals and nursing homes, $644,499 from miscellaneous healthcare donations, $625,580 from pharmaceuticals and healthcare product industries, and $597,900 from health services, according to data from Open Secrets.
Speaking of shills, Senator Warren raked in over $5.2 million from Big Pharma and the medical industrial complex. pic.twitter.com/5ipprNWuco
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) January 29, 2025
Over the past five years, Warren’s campaign committee and leadership PAC have received $489,074 from health professionals, $126,056 from pharmaceutical companies, and $109,065 from hospitals and nursing homes, according to Open Secrets.
Meanwhile, Kennedy is not on the healthcare industry’s payroll and was not afraid to call out Big Pharma during his confirmation hearing, as he vowed to end the “chronic disease epidemic” and fight back against Big Pharma, which he believes has made America more sick.
“President Trump has asked me to end the chronic disease epidemic and Make America Healthy Again,” he said.
“If we don’t solve chronic disease, senator, all of the other disputes we have about who’s paying, and whether it’s insurance companies, whether it’s providers, whether it’s HMOs, whether it’s patients or families, all of those are moving deck chairs around on the Titanic,” Kennedy added.
“We have the highest chronic disease burden of any country in the world,” he continued, noting that this “is an existential threat economically to our military, to our health, to our sense of well-being, and it is a priority for President Trump.”
RFK Jr. makes clear his job at HHS is to address the chronic disease epidemic!
“President Trump has asked me to end the chronic disease epidemic and Make America Healthy Again.”
“If we don't solve chronic disease, senator, all of the other disputes we have about who's paying,… pic.twitter.com/G7rSSADIul
— American Values 🗽 (@AVPac_US) January 29, 2025