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‘You can’t eat if you’re dead’: Dems eye RFK Jr. as their 2026 boogeyman

Inside Democrats’ effort to attack RFK Jr.’s vaccine moves without angering his base. Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, a former nurse and CDC epidemic intelligence service officer running for governor, has called on Kennedy to resign and told POLITICO she’s encountered a lot of voters who are worried about losing access to vaccines due to his policies. Amy Acton, the former head of the Ohio Health Department now running for governor, also cited conversations with voters “very, very scared of the reckless, chaotic health decisions being made” by Kennedy. And several Democrats said that even when they don’t proactively bring up.