Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, urged senators to reject her cousin Robert Kennedy Jr.‘s nomination to be the next secretary of health and human services.
Her letter, which was followed up by a social media post, was withering in making the case that Kennedy was unfit for the role and personal in detailing his struggles with drug addiction.
Although she wrote that she has previously not wanted to speak out about family members, she said that she felt that she had an “obligation” to speak out. “I have known Bobby my whole life; we grew up together.
It’s no surprise he keeps birds of prey as pets because he himself is a predator.” She said that her cousin led other family members down the path of drug addiction, and even though he has gotten clean, he is “addicted to attention and power.” “Bobby preys on the desperation of parents of sick children vaccinating his own children while building a following hypocritically discouraging other parents from vaccinating theirs.”Ambassador Caroline Kennedy’s letter to U.
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