The enemy within the Republican Party
FULL OPENING 🚨🔥 pic.twitter.com/TIbrdTV8eR
— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) December 17, 2024
A secret campaign to disrupt and co-opt the MAHA movement was just EXPOSED.
It already goes much deeper than you think.
🧵THREAD pic.twitter.com/kloDq2d7Bv
— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) December 18, 2024
Invariant, a “powerful government relations firm that advises many food companies,” had a warning for their clients in October:
RFK Jr.’s influence over Trump and the Republican Party was growing. @RobertKennedyJr pic.twitter.com/e85kUyiSql
— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) December 18, 2024
One participant in the November meeting was Danielle Beck.
Beck represents “PepsiCo, makers of Doritos and Cap’n Crunch, and the Corn Refiners Association, a trade group for the largest producers of corn-based seed oils.”
She suggested in this meeting that during the Senate… pic.twitter.com/co4LbXgQmH
— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) December 18, 2024
The industry’s rapid moves to counter RFK and MAHA reveal this movement’s strength.
Populism is more alive in America today than it has been in a long time.
Fang: “The farm and processed food lobby must contend with a sea change within the Republican Party, which now relies on… pic.twitter.com/xN2jptrZKM
— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) December 18, 2024
Lastly, Invariant credited RFK Jr.’s rise to the “growing prominence of podcasts and independent media.”
Most notably, RFK appeared on Joe Rogan in 2023 and Trump appeared just before the election.
Jenny Werwa, a strategic communications consultant with Invariant, suggested… pic.twitter.com/BCy6MsSDFz
— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) December 18, 2024
A pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) is a middleman between pharmacies, pharmaceutical drug manufacturers, and insurance providers.
PBMs generate $300 billion+ in annual revenue.
In July 2024, the FTC concluded after two years of investigation that the three largest PBMs—owned by… pic.twitter.com/4SthnCAkz9
— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) December 18, 2024
H.R. 6283, or the Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging Act (DRUG Act), was introduced in the House of Representatives in November 2023 by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
The bill proposes that:
“A pharmacy benefit manager shall derive no remuneration from any entity for… pic.twitter.com/KEXMgRhtGq
— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) December 18, 2024
Dr. Karam Asmaro discovered today that CLHCC was created by Pharmaceutical Management Care Associated using the Internet Archive. @AsmaroMD pic.twitter.com/97Ffp8pRtl
— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) December 18, 2024
Why would PCMA—which represents PBMs—call H.R. 6283 a Big Pharma Bailout?
To hijack the MAHA message and trick us into blocking a PBM reform bill.
A silver living is that all of this means that MAHA is winning.
The corrupt healthcare industry can’t win a fair debate, or even… pic.twitter.com/e4CihWomTr
— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) December 18, 2024
To recap:
1. Food companies will try to force RFK Jr. to trade away key MAHA priorities to earn the 50 Senate votes needed for confirmation.
2. Food and Ag companies will try to use the House Appropriations process to block MAHA priorities.
3. Food companies will try to… pic.twitter.com/c1gnWLwlYY
— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) December 18, 2024
