Anti-MAHA GOP Senate Trio Colluded to Knock Off Trump Surgeon General Nominee: Report
Three Republican senators—Bill Cassidy, Lisa Murkowski, and Susan Collins—are reported to have blocked President Trump's nominee for surgeon general, Casey Means, due to concerns over her stance on vaccines. The nomination's collapse has intensified political tensions, with Trump now supporting Cassidy's primary opponent. Means, backed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., argued the rejection represents a missed opportunity to reform the U.S. healthcare system.
- ▪Senator Lisa Murkowski delivered the decisive 'no' vote that ended Casey Means' nomination for surgeon general.
- ▪Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski all opposed the nomination, preventing it from advancing through the Senate Health Committee.
- ▪An Emerson College poll shows Cassidy trailing in a three-way primary race, with Rep. Julia Letlow and former Rep. John Fleming ahead.
- ▪President Trump has endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow in Cassidy's primary, seeking to defeat the incumbent senator.
- ▪Casey Means withdrew her nomination after it became clear she lacked sufficient Senate support for confirmation.
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Anti-MAHA GOP Senate Trio Colluded to Knock Off Trump Surgeon General Nominee: Report Benjamin Bartee | 8:15 AM on May 05, 2026 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana As Catherine Salgado reported last week, Trump lambasted anti-MAHA Sen. Bill Cassidy, current chair of the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, for his leading role in tanking the recent nomination of Casey Means for surgeon general, presumably on account of her lukewarm enthusiasm for the current vaccine schedule. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); (Cassidy is a tireless champion for all vaccines, including, as I have covered in depth before, the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.
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