Senate Confirms Robert Kennedy Jr. As Secretary Of Health And Human Services
deadline.comRobert Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as the next secretary of health of human services, the latest of controversial Donald Trump cabinet nominees to survive with only Republican votes.
Kennedy was confirmed 52-48, with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joining with all Democrats in opposition. Kennedy was confirmed despite pleas from his cousin, Caroline Kennedy, to reject him.
She wrote to lawmakers that her cousin was a “predator” and that he “preys on the desperation of parents of sick children vaccinating his own children while building a following hypocritically discouraging other parents from vaccinating theirs.” Yet even Republicans who were critical of Kennedy’s efforts to sow doubt about the safety of vaccines eventually came around to his side.
During a confirmation hearing last month, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) said that he was troubled that Kennedy had not renounced his views linking vaccines to autism.
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