RFK Jr.-Aligned Group Backs Primary Challenger to Sen. Bill Cassidy

A group aligned with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is spending $1 million to help Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) defeat Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in a contested Senate primary, its leader said on Feb. 9. Tony Lyons, president of MAHA Action, said during a Heritage Foundation event in Washington that Letlow supports measures popular with the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, including medical freedom and healthy school lunches. “We found that there really are points of contact with her that are really going to be impressive to the MAHA movement as they get to know her better,” he said. Lyons said the $1 million will help Letlow beat Cassidy, without detailing why there’s opposition to the senator....