Trump expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS
Source: Politico
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate former presidential candidate and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a person with direct knowledge of the selection.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/14/robert-f-kennedy-jr-trump-hhs-secretary-pick-00188617
Jesus Fucking Christ!
cstanleytech
(27,060 posts)Mortos
(2,454 posts)raw milk guzzler...
John1956PA
(3,388 posts)LudwigPastorius
(10,891 posts)CrispyQ
(38,346 posts)Shingles is nasty stuff!! A friend had it on one side of her face & an ear was in excruciating pain.
Frankly, I can't even imagine this dept being overseen by this kook.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,923 posts)One half would be performing the same functions as the current organization does now; the other half would be focused on naturopathic treatments.
I'm sure his "vaccines cause autism" conspiracy theory will be pushed. Get ready for cases of measles, mumps, polio, etc. to reappear.
T***p didn't kill enough people with his non-response to COVID, so he's bringing in RFK Jr. to finish the job.
can also get in the eyes and cause damage and possible blindness. I got the vaccine last year and its two doses a few months apart. I have eye issues and certainly didnt want to take a chance.
Dave Bowman
(3,668 posts)A really sick joke.
Harker
(15,025 posts)I can't do that.
ificandream
(10,550 posts)Harker
(15,025 posts)🤖
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,923 posts)Just when I thought it couldn't get worse, it does.
riversedge
(73,184 posts)Whose child will die because the neighbor kid or kid at school passed on a deadly disease?
What will it take for people to get serious about getting vaccinated??
RFK, Jr. is named as Trump's HHS pick.
Expect a booming market tiny headstones and infant funeral clothes.
Link to tweet
Upthevibe
(9,159 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(115,611 posts)President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced he had selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services, the sprawling agency responsible for administering millions of Americans health insurance, approving drugs and medical supplies, regulating food and responding to infectious-disease outbreaks.
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, Trump wrote in a post on X.
Public health experts have warned that Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist who endorsed Trump in August in exchange for a role in his future administration, could undermine vaccine oversight if he takes charge of the nations health department.
Kennedy has vowed to pursue his Make America Healthy Again agenda, which targets causes of chronic disease and childhood illness. He has also said he wants to replace career officials at several of the health departments agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, because he believes the agencies have been too sympathetic to private industry. He also recently said the Trump administration would push to get fluoride out of drinking water.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/14/trump-administration-transition/#link-EMTDTQKNB5GTBFV4VA5HLTHEJM
IronLionZion
(47,003 posts)because Trump is the worst president.
They have already announced plans to fire anyone who doesn't seem loyal enough to der Fuhrer.
smb
(3,586 posts)...is the episode of the 60s Adam West Batman series where the Penguin was running for mayor of Gotham City and declared his intention to appoint the Riddler as Police Commissioner and the Joker as Chief of Police.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,311 posts)People were wearing Pengy for Mayor buttons and I think Batman and Penguin had a debate.
smb
(3,586 posts)"Whenever you've seen Batman, who's he with? Criminals, that's who! You look in the old newspapers, and every picture of Batman shows him with thugs and with thieves and hobnobbing with crooks. Whereas my pictures show me always surrounded by whom? By the police!"
maxsolomon
(35,114 posts)Some men just want to see the world burn.
Bengus81
(7,384 posts)Better kill off all those wind generators too......
dalton99a
(84,461 posts)Beacool
(30,329 posts)A loon who eats roadkill and had a worm in his brain to head Human Services. A woman who is a Putin supporter to head Intelligence (no need for Trump to steal any more confidential documents to pass to his buddy). A FOX host with zero administrative experience to head Defense, and the best choice yet, a creep who was about to be outed by the House Ethics Committee, to head Justice. If I weren't living in the country, I would enjoy the clown show that's about to hit town come January. LOL!!!
mathematic
(1,511 posts)I doubt the senate likes this pick but they probably think they need to pick their battles on confirmation. Even still, I think it's more likely they bounce RFK jr than Gaetz.
valleyrogue
(1,130 posts)Matt Gaetz. Tulsi Gabbard. RFK, Jr. Only the Onion could come up with nominees like these.
ZonkerHarris
(25,300 posts)HereForTheParty
(165 posts)nm
Shermann
(8,681 posts)CTyankee
(65,091 posts)Turbineguy
(38,413 posts)He will kill millions with these picks.
Of course they have to be confirmed.
tonekat
(2,013 posts)Then he can create a whirlpool of chaos that will help him stay out of the pokey.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,311 posts)Its like he is deliberately trying to kill people. Kennedy Jr. is a lunatic and completely unqualified for this position.
Ndp5
(82 posts)That this affront to Western civilization holds degrees from Harvard and the University of Virginia.
Higher ed provides no guarantees of intelligence, backbone or loyalty to Americas ideals.
Richard D
(9,375 posts). . . what could possibly go wrong???
JoseBalow
(5,302 posts)It was this dude last time right?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Azar
(Well he was the last one anyway. There were four others. But none of them this spectacularly unfit for the role as far as I know )
This is chaos..