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A letter signed by 77 Nobel laureates opposing the confirmation of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary<\/a> nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being touted as a reason to oppose him is almost entirely composed of political donors, many of them who supported Democrat campaigns.<\/p>\n

“In view of his record, placing Mr. Kennedy in charge of DHHS would put the public\u2019s health in jeopardy and undermine America\u2019s global leadership in the health sciences, in both the public and commercial sectors,” more than 75 Nobel laureates wrote in an\u00a0open letter<\/u><\/a> published by the New York Times last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A Fox News Digital review found that at least 60 of the signatories are political donors, mostly to Democratic campaigns, including Steven Chu, who served as former President Barack Obama\u2019s secretary of Energy. Chu gave $5,400 to Hillary Clinton\u2019s presidential campaign in 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nobel Medicine Laureate Joseph L. Goldstein, who also signed the letter, has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Democrats, including former Rep. Beto O\u2019Rourke, former President Joe Biden and the Democrat-aligned SMP Super PAC.<\/p>\n

RFK JR.’S PLAN TO COMBAT ADDICTION: ‘WELLNESS FARMS’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

American economist George A. Akerlof, who is married to Biden Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, also signed the letter on top of donating $25,000 to Biden in 2020 and $20,000 to the DCCC in 2018.<\/p>\n

Akerlof\u00a0signed a letter<\/u><\/a> in June of last year\u00a0warning of the economic dangers of electing President Donald Trump back into office, which was amplified by the Biden campaign and other Biden surrogates and also littered with signatories who have either donated to Biden or supported him politically in the past.<\/p>\n

Akerlof, who donated nearly $90,000 to Democrats between the 1990s and 2022, also signed a letter supporting Build Back Better, and signed a letter in 2020\u00a0calling Trump\u2019s re-election effort\u00a0<\/u><\/a>“selfish and reckless.”<\/p>\n

Louis E. Brus, an American chemist who signed the letter, is a frequent Democrat donor, including sending $2,000 to Biden\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n

Chemists Walter Gilbert, Johann Deisenhofer, Alan Heeger and Brian K. Kobilka also donated to Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, former Vice President Kamala Harris, Obama, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.\u00a0<\/p>\n

HEALTH EXPERTS PREP DEM LAWMAKERS ON ANTI-VACCINE ARGUMENTS AHEAD OF RFK JR’S CONFIRMATION HEARINGS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Other signatories include Planned Parenthood donor David Baltimore, John Kerry donor Michael Rosbash, former President Bill Clinton NIH Director Harold E. Varmus and Adam Schiff donor Kip Stephen Thorne.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“If there\u2019s one thing Americans should understand about politics, it\u2019s that things are rarely as they seem,” Camryn Kinsey, executive director of Confirm 47, told Fox News Digital. “This letter appears to be nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt by special interests to block a critical Cabinet nomination. The fact that one of the signers is a former Obama Cabinet official, and that the majority are Democrat donors, tells you everything you need to know.”<\/p>\n

Kennedy is also facing a million-dollar opposition campaign from Protect Our Care, which is backed by the dark money group Sixteen Thirty Fund that is not required to disclose its donors, Politico reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

The dark money fund<\/a> is a group “committed to tackling society’s biggest social challenges” such as climate change and gun reform, brought in $181 million, spending about $141 million in 2023.<\/p>\n

Kennedy, who has been criticized by both sides of the aisle for previous positions on vaccines and his stance on abortion, will have his first confirmation hearing Wednesday at 10 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On top of facing opposition from experts in the New York Times letter and other petitions, Kennedy has faced support in the medical community, including an initiative<\/a> backed by IMA Action, a coalition of over 15,000 healthcare professionals, who are rallying support for Kennedy.<\/p>\n

“Our coalition is broad, highly active and deeply committed to much needed healthcare reform,” Lynne Kristensen, Communications Director for IMA Action, said in a statement. “We\u2019re going to push back against the falsehoods of the Pharma-financed opposition to RFK Jr., and our healthcare professionals will be exceedingly active with their home state senators, policy makers and public health agencies.”<\/p>\n

“The Kennedy and other HHS confirmations are about restoring health to America\u2019s healthcare system, and IMA Action is excited for health reform to be at the forefront of the national conversation.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

– FOX NEWS<\/p>\n

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