Natalie Harp first came to Donald Trump’s attention in June 2019 after appearing on Fox News, where she credited his Right to Try law with helping her gain access to treatment for bone cancer. Trump later invited her onstage at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference, marking the beginning of her closer association with his political operation.

Harp, who had battled Stage 2 bone cancer, nearly died in 2015 after a nurse accidentally mixed up her IV with sterile water. During her recovery, she said she was offered opioids, medical marijuana and barbiturates, as well as information about Right to Die policies, including voluntarily stopping food and water (VSED).

“I’m like ‘no, I just want to get better,’” Harp said. She argued that, as a California resident, her Democratic representatives were offering her certain rights, but not the rights she wanted.

“ObamaCare made health care about a president rather than a patient,” Harp argued.

Harp has credited Trump’s Right to Try law with helping save her life. However, medical experts have disputed whether the law was actually necessary for her treatment, noting that the drug she received was already FDA-approved and could legally be prescribed for an unapproved use before the Right to Try law took effect.