Press Release

Advancing American Freedom issued the following statement after the Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.

“The conversation on RFK’s pro-abortion views needed to happen, and though we disagree with the conclusion the Senate reached we are proud to have fought for the pro-life cause,” said AAF President Tim Chapman. “Conservatives can’t shy away from the hard conversations, even when they’re uncomfortable. We can’t get so caught up in “winning” that we’ve compromised values. Advancing American Freedom is going to applaud what is good for the country, and critique what is bad. Defending life will always be a top priority for our organization. Secretary Kennedy, let’s get to work defunding Planned Parenthood.”

Advancing American Freedom announced an additional six figure ad buy leading up to RFK’s hearing in the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday. This latest push features a video ad featuring President Trump’s past critiques of RFK and his far-left views.

“RFK Jr. still has a lot of questions to answer about his far-left activism and his big government policy views. President Trump was right in his initial views on RFK,” said AAF President Tim Chapman. “The American people deserve to know if he still holds those views and how he will approach critical issues at HHS. Senators must ask RFK the hard questions and do their due diligence—not blindly confirm him.”

You can watch the video ad here.

Advancing American Freedom today announced an initial six-figure ad campaign in opposition to RFK’s nomination to be Secretary of HHS. The campaign will feature digital ads and a mobile billboard to run through his confirmation hearing, which has yet to be scheduled. The ad campaign is in addition to two letters Advancing American Freedom has sent to senators urging opposition to RFK based on his far-left, extremist views on vaccines, climate, and abortion.

“The pro-life movement should have a pro-life secretary leading HHS,” said AAF President Tim Chapman. “The conservative movement has a deep bench of serious people qualified to lead the agency who also are ardent defenders of life. We don’t need to have a confirmation battle over a controversial figure like Kennedy who divides the conservative movement more than unites it.”

You can view the ads here.

On Thursday, January 16, 2025, Vice President Pence delivered remarks in Hong Kong at UBS Wealth Insights 2025 where he called for the release of newspaperman Jimmy Lai, who is currently on trial for national-security charges. Jimmy Lai met with Vice President Pence in July 2019 amidst the Hong Kong protests that began in June of 2019.

An excerpt of Vice President Pence’s remarks below:

“As I sit here in Hong Kong, I would tell you there is probably no more compelling gesture in the short term to send a message of good will to the people of the United States, or the free world, than if China were to take steps to free Jimmy Lai.”

December 18th, 2023

Advancing American Freedom issued the following statement amidst the ongoing Senate negotiations on border security and aid to Ukraine and Israel.

“The Biden administration has been historically weak on border security, wavering in their support of Israel, on one hand saying they support Israel and the other calling on Israel to “lower the intensity” of their attacks on Hamas, and they have slow-walked aid to Ukraine since the outbreak of the war, so it’s small wonder that these negotiations are hitting a wall,” said AAF Executive Director Paul Teller. “President Biden and the Democrats have insisted on making a simple negotiation complicated. Securing the border and supporting our allies are not mutually exclusive; the United States can do both.”