NBA star Rudy Gobert has expressed support for President-elect Trump's nomination of anti-vaccine activist and environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
“Let's go @RobertKennedyJr🙏🏽,” Gobert wrote. In a short post on Thursday on social platform X after the announcement.
The Minnesota Timberwolves center, who has won the Defensive Player of the Year award four times, made headlines when he jokingly said this in March 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ta. touched all microphones After the press conference. At the time, he was playing for the Utah Jazz.
After the March 9 microphone blunder, Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus several days later. The NBA then canceled all games on March 11 as the virus spread across the country and around the world. Games resumed approximately five months later in Orlando. he received widespread criticism.
Gobert, a member of the France national team, told ESPN at the end of 2020 that if he could go back in time, he would never do it again.
“It came from good intentions,” Gobert said. Said in December 2020. “That was the first day I knew the media couldn't interview right next to us. And, you know, we obviously didn't know as much as we know now, and I I just knew.''Of course, if I could go back in time, I wouldn't do it. ”
“It's great that the NBA acted so quickly, because just by having thousands of people next to each other in a closed space, many more people are testing positive,” Gobert said. That was a really smart move.” Try to save as many lives as possible. ”
Kennedy's possible appointment raised concerns from some public health officials and Democrats. If approved by the Senate, President Kennedy will oversee a budget of nearly $2 trillion. HHS oversees 13 separate agencies.
“Mr. Kennedy will restore these institutions to a tradition of gold-standard scientific research and a beacon of transparency, end the epidemic of chronic disease, and make America great and healthy again!” President Trump said in the announcement. He said this:
Mr. Kennedy, who initially ran for the White House as a Democrat and then as an independent, endorsed Mr. Trump in August and later served as his surrogate in the campaign.
The environmental lawyer thanked President Trump for choosing him and said he is “committed to advancing his vision of making America healthy again.”
“Together, we will root out corruption, end the revolving door between industry and government, and return our nation's health institutions to a rich tradition of gold standards and evidence-based science,” Kennedy said. I wrote it on Thursday's X.. “I will provide the American people with transparency and access to all the data so they can make informed choices for themselves and their families.”
