{"id":2400684,"date":"2025-02-08T21:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warrens-claim-to-be-clean-of-big-pharma-money-falls-apart-as-its-revealed-they-give-her-millions\/"},"modified":"2025-02-08T21:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:40:04","slug":"warrens-claim-to-be-clean-of-big-pharma-money-falls-apart-as-its-revealed-they-give-her-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warrens-claim-to-be-clean-of-big-pharma-money-falls-apart-as-its-revealed-they-give-her-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren&#8217;s Claim to Be Clean of Big Pharma Money Falls Apart as It&#8217;s Revealed They Give Her Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwarrens-claim-to-be-clean-of-big-pharma-money-falls-apart-as-its-revealed-they-give-her-millions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2400684&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-has-a-61-disapproval-rating-for-a-reason-meghan-mccain-pans-dustup-between-jim-jordan-james-clyburn-and-maxine-waters\/\" title=\"\u2018Congress Has A 61% Disapproval Rating For A Reason\u2019: Meghan McCain Pans Dustup Between Jim Jordan, James Clyburn And Maxine Waters\">contentious exchange<\/a> \u2064with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his confirmation hearing for the Department of Health and Human Services. Warren faced criticism for her strong opposition to Kennedy&#8217;s views\u200d on the pharmaceutical industry, expressing concern that his criticism \u2063could <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">financially harm vaccine manufacturers<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-article-suggests-republicans-are-worse-than-nazis\/\" title=\"MSNBC Article Suggests Republicans Are Worse Than Nazis\">article suggests<\/a>\u200d that Warren&#8217;s concerns might be influenced \u2063by financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry, noting that she has\u200d received over $800,000 from pharmaceutical employees and PACs in \u2062the past.In her defense, Warren claims she does \u200bnot\u2063 accept contributions from Big Pharma executives or corporate PACs, but the article counters that she has still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-claims-responsible-education-includes-teaching-kids-critical-race-theory-1619-project\/\" title=\"Psaki Claims \u2018Responsible\u2019 Education Includes Teaching Kids Critical Race Theory, 1619 Project\">benefited financially<\/a> from the industry. The piece concludes by suggesting\u2064 that Warren, alongside other\u200b politicians like Bernie Sanders, is effectively &#8220;bought&#8221; by Big Pharma, which influences their stances against figures like Kennedy who challenge the \u2064industry&#8217;s practices.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>After her fiery confrontation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been the subject of much criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&rsquo;s outspoken opposition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">pharmaceutical companies<\/a> peddling a laundry list of vaccines and other products on the American people put him in the sights of several Democrats during that hearing. Warren was one of them.<\/p>\n<p>Warren expressed concerns that Kennedy&rsquo;s efforts would bankrupt vaccine manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-elizabeth-warren-completely-loses-rfk-jr-points-shilling-big-pharma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threw a tantrum<\/a> during the hearing when Kennedy outed her for trying to get him to say he would not go after pharmaceutical companies as a lawyer after leaving HHS.<\/p>\n<p>Why is Warren so worried about what happens to Big Pharma?<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>They pay her a lot of money.<\/p>\n<p>Warren can deny this claim all she wants, and she did in a clip posted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/google-reportedly-diminished-breitbart-search-results-99-7-daily-caller-gets-savaged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Caller<\/a> News Foundation via social media platform X on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nervous Elizabeth Warren: &ldquo;Check my website, I don&rsquo;t take contributions from Big Pharma executives. I don&rsquo;t take any corporate PAC money.&rdquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dSaNck5C2x\">pic.twitter.com\/dSaNck5C2x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Defiant L&rsquo;s (@DefiantLs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefiantLs\/status\/1886823936370880623?\">February 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Warren stated, &ldquo;Check my website. I don&rsquo;t take contributions from Big Pharma executives. I don&rsquo;t take any corporate PAC money.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Community Notes on X remains undefeated as a rebuttal to that claim was attached to the video.<\/p>\n<p>The Community Note linked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/industries\/summary?code=H04&amp;cycle=2020&amp;ind=H04&amp;mem=Y&amp;recipdetail=S&amp;sortorder=U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Secrets<\/a>, showing that Warren has taken Big Pharma money.<\/p>\n<p>Warren took $822,573 between 2019 and 2020 from employees or PACs affiliated with pharmaceutical and health product companies, though not from the companies themselves, according to Open Secrets.<\/p>\n<p>She was second only to Vermont Independent Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bernie-sanders-turns-farcical-meme-howling-rfk-jr-onesies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernie Sanders<\/a>, who took $1,417,633.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders and Kennedy had <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheChiefNerd\/status\/1885039797661585782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their own moment<\/a> during the second day of the latter&rsquo;s confirmation hearing when he outed Sanders for taking Big Pharma money.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders defended himself against Kennedy by making the distinction that this money did not come from &ldquo;the executives,&rdquo; but from Big Pharma &ldquo;workers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This seems to be the game Warren is playing here.<\/p>\n<p>She may have said that she does not take money from &ldquo;executives,&rdquo; but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/growing-threat-big-pharma-big-tech-media-control-america-warning-echoed-eisenhower-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Pharma<\/a> gave her money and still does.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever word games Warren and Sanders want to play, they&rsquo;ve been outed. One way or another, they are effectively bought.<\/p>\n<p>They take Big Pharma money and therefore oppose Kennedy to lead HHS for his opposition to Big Pharma.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Kennedy Jr. at his confirmation hearing for the Department of Health and Human Services, Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has faced significant backlash. Kennedy&#8217;s vocal criticism of pharmaceutical companies promoting various vaccines and products drew scrutiny from several Democrats, including Warren. She voiced concerns that his actions could financially harm vaccine manufacturers and reacted strongly when Kennedy revealed her attempts to secure a promise from him not to pursue legal action against pharmaceutical firms after leaving HHS. This raises questions about Warren&#8217;s apparent concern for the pharmaceutical industry\u2014possibly linked to the substantial financial contributions she receives from them.<\/p>\n<p>Warren has publicly denied these allegations, asserting in a video shared on social media that she does not accept donations from Big Pharma executives or corporate PACs. However, Community Notes on X countered this claim by referencing Open Secrets data indicating that between 2019 and 2020, she received $822,573 from employees or PACs associated with pharmaceutical companies\u2014second only to Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>During the same confirmation hearing, Sanders defended himself against Kennedy\u2019s accusations regarding accepting Big Pharma funds by clarifying that he received money from &#8220;workers&#8221; rather than executives. This seems to be a similar tactic employed by Warren; while she claims not to take money directly from executives, it is evident that she still benefits financially from the industry as a whole. Regardless of their semantic distinctions, both Warren and Sanders appear compromised due to their financial ties to Big Pharma while opposing Kennedy\u2019s nomination based on his stance against the industry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2400685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Warren.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39919,33926,8773,5894,3883],"class_list":["post-2400684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-big-pharma","tag-campaign-finance","tag-corruption","tag-politics","tag-warren"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Warren.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400684"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400688,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400684\/revisions\/2400688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}