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Special government employee for Health and Human Services Calley Means speaks during a news conference at the Health and Human Services Department in Washington, D.C., April 22, 2025.
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Calley Means, a senior adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., resigned from his White House post on Thursday, sending shock waves through the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.
Means’s departure comes as Republicans brace for a bruising midterm election cycle, the first election since Kennedy and Trump joined forces in the months leading up to the 2024 election. At the time, MAHA was cast as a force multiplier, a new coalition partner that Trump’s remade GOP could accommodate.
About the Author
Tanner Nau is a Reporting Fellow at National Review, based in Washington, D.C. He previously worked at The Free Press.
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Calley Means, a senior adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., resigned from his White House post on Thursday, sending shock waves through the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.
Means’s departure comes as Republicans brace for a bruising midterm election cycle, the first election since Kennedy and Trump joined forces in the months leading up to the 2024 election. At the time, MAHA was cast as a force multiplier, a new coalition partner that Trump’s remade GOP could accommodate.
About the Author
Tanner Nau is a Reporting Fellow at National Review, based in Washington, D.C. He previously worked at The Free Press.
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