Scorched-earth Shanahan: RFK Jr's former running mate threatens political war against confirmation opponents | 29 Jan 2025 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s former presidential running mate Nicole Shanahan called out various senators by name, warning that she will fund primary challenges against them if they oppose confirming Kennedy to serve as secretary of Health and Human Services. "Dear U.S. Senators, Bobby may play nice; I won't," she wrote in a post on X. In a video, Shanahan said that in 2020 she "cut large checks to Chuck Schumer to help Democrats flip two Senate seats in Georgia from red to blue." Peach State Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and John Ossoff both initially took office after winning runoff contests in early 2021. Shanahan bluntly warned the two senators, "Please know I will be watching your votes very closely. I will make it my personal mission that you lose your seats in the Senate if you vote against the future health of America's children." She then proceeded to call out Sens. [dirt-bags, one and all] Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; Susan Collins, R-Maine; Bill Cassidy, R-La.; Thom Tillis, R-N.C.; James Lankford, R-Okla.; Cory Booker, D-N.J.; John Fetterman, D-Pa.; Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev.