On Thursday, shortly after President-elect Donald Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to his Cabinet, liberals online began weeping and gnashing their teeth.
As long rumored, Trump nominated RFK Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. RFK Jr. made health a major focus of his campaign while running as an independent candidate for president.
“Putting anti-vaxxers in charge of public health is like putting the Unabomber in charge of the mail.”
After Kennedy resigned in August and formally endorsed Trump, social media was ablaze with the slogan “Make America Healthy Again,” a phrase Trump often used at the end of his rally speeches. .
“I am excited to announce the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). For too long, Americans have been exposed to deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to public health. ,” President Trump wrote in a statement posted to X late Thursday afternoon.
President Trump also said in his statement that public health and safety is his administration's “most important role,” but recently Americans have been exposed to “harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and food additives.” He said the country was enduring an “overwhelming health crisis” due to the pandemic. ”
Under President Kennedy's leadership, health agencies will fight back against the “epidemic” of chronic disease, return to the “gold standard” of scientific research and become a “beacon of transparency,” Trump continued.
CNN It was reported that Kennedy had accepted the nomination on Thursday.
In an article about RFK's nomination, the Liberals described Kennedy as “one of the most prominent anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists in the country” and said he has spread “false conspiracy theories about vaccine safety and effectiveness.” accused of being However, the outlet did not provide any examples of such alleged conspiracy theories.
of new york times A headline about the nomination also claimed that Kennedy had “spread misinformation about vaccines.”
Liberals online were also excited by the news of Kennedy's presidential nomination.
“Putting anti-vaxxers in charge of public health is like putting the Unabomber in charge of the mail,” one left-wing influencer tweeted. Joe.
“It's hard to explain how pathetic RFK Jr. is. I don't necessarily expect them to be, but the Republican Senate *needs* to step up here. He's the most He is one of those crazy sociopaths and the war against him is that childhood vaccinations are unconscionable.'' user He has 19,000 followers.
“RFK Jr. ran a spoiler campaign to help elect Donald Trump. Now he is profiting from a position that puts the health of millions of Americans at risk,” the Democratic activist group said. said. end citizens united.
However, not all Democrats opposed the selection. Governor Jared Polis Colorado residents actually cheered, claiming that RFK Jr. would help fight the “Big Pharma and corporate agricultural oligopoly.”
“While he will face strong special interest opposition on these issues, I look forward to working with him to truly make America healthy again and ultimately resolve these important issues,” Polis said. I hope we can make progress on this issue.”
One industry likely to be upset by the selection is big pharmaceutical companies. Immediately after Trump announced his nomination, many drug company stocks plummeted. reportedly Got into the tank.
President Kennedy did not issue a statement regarding the positions of his Cabinet members, but he did retweet President Trump's remarks. Shortly after President Trump's landslide election victory, President Kennedy indicated that he would likely become more involved with public health agencies during President Trump's second term.
“President Trump gave me three instructions,” Kennedy said, according to CNN. “He wants to rid the regulator of corruption and conflict. He wants to return the regulator to the once famous gold rules of empirical, evidence-based science and medicine. We want to end regulations that have a measurable impact on reducing chronic disease epidemics within two years. ”
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