Donald Trump nominates anti-vax conspiracy theorist and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health & Human Services.
While running for president earlier this year, RFK Jr. promised to halt all research for drug development and combatting infectious diseases.
To state the very obvious, this would put an avowed anti-vaxxer in charge of vaccines, allowing him to thwart the development and approval of life-saving shots. It’s almost too horrific to fathom—a potential death sentence for our families and children. It’s literally lethal.
Mark Joseph Stern, journalist covering American courts and law
In July, footage leaked of a phone call in which Donald Trump appeared to offer RFK Jr. a role in his second administration if he dropped out of the presidential race. When Kennedy dropped out later, a payment of $100,000 was made to his attorneys by Trump’s campaign.
Trump’s Statement on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Nomination
I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health. The Safety and Health of all Americans is the most important role of any Administration, and HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming Health Crisis in this Country. Mr. Kennedy will restore these Agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again!
