MAHA advocate Calley Means resigns as a top RFK Jr. adviser days before the midterm elections
Summary
Calley Means, a key adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a central advocate for the Make America Healthy Again movement, is leaving the Trump administration, NBC News reported on Thursday 22 October, and Scientific American reported that Means announced the resignation, noting that Means's views on the COVID vaccine, raw milk and fluoride have all been criticized by health care professionals. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Means resigned days before the midterm elections, and the Inquirer and ABC News that Means says the departure comes with respect for President Donald Trump and Kennedy. According to the Inquirer, Means used the perch at the Department of Health and Human Services to attack the nation's leading physician groups, federal agencies, and government scientists.
Latest: The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported that Calley Means resigned as a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Means saying the departure comes with respect for President Donald Trump and Kennedy, and the Inquirer wrote that Means used the perch at the Department of Health and Human Services to attack the nation's leading physician groups, federal agencies, and government scientists.
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How it unfolded
Thursday 22 October
Calley Means, a key adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a central advocate for the Make America Healthy Again movement, is leaving the Trump administration, NBC News reported, Scientific American and The Philadelphia Inquirer also reporting the resignation, which the Inquirer said comes days before the midterm elections.
- 18:32ABC NewsCalley Means, a key MAHA advocate, resigns as a top RFK Jr. adviser
- 18:18The Philadelphia InquirerCalley Means, a key MAHA advocate, resigns as a top RFK Jr. adviser
- 17:36The Philadelphia InquirerMAHA's Calley Means resigns as a top RFK Jr. health adviser days before the midterm elections
- 16:00Scientific AmericanRFK, Jr., adviser Calley Means announces his resignation from the Trump administration
- 14:57NBC NewsTop adviser to Kennedy resigns from Trump administration