RFK Jr.’s former running mate announces religious conversion
In a lengthy social media post on Tuesday, the former vice presidential running mate shared her testimony about her “baptism story,” in which she recalls feeling “a heaviness settle over me, thick and suffocating, like the air before a storm.”
— Nicole Shanahan (@NicoleShanahan) February 25, 2025
The 39-year-old philanthropist and patent lawyer who was previously married to Google founder Sergey Brin described the overwhelming moment that brought her to prayer.
“At that moment, I could only think to bow my head, close my eyes, and offer a silent prayer to God,” she said in the X post.
Shanahan and her former running mate Kennedy, who is now Trump’s secretary of health and human services, ran a hard-fought and independent bid for president but dropped out in August after she revealed in an emotional podcast interview how Democrats and their allies repeatedly sued to attempt to block their campaign from securing ballot access in all 50 states.