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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. he said Fox News Digital plans to meet with Senate Democrats in addition to Republicans as it seeks to bolster support for confirmation as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the incoming president-elect’s administration trump
Asked by Fox News Digital if he would also meet with Democrats on the Hill, Kennedy, a former Democrat, said, “Oh, yeah.”
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to reporters at the Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola, New York on August 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, pool)
However, the former independent presidential candidate did not say so than Senate Democrats would meet
“I don’t know,” he said when asked by reporters.
Kennedy kicked off his Capitol Hill meetings for his HHS bid on Monday, meeting with several Republicans. No Democratic senator was included in a list of dozens of lawmakers he was scheduled to meet with earlier in the week.
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Former President Trump shakes hands with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a campaign rally at the Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
last month, Trump announced Kennedy as your HHS selection. The two initially faced off in the 2024 election before Kennedy dropped out and endorsed Trump.
Kennedy’s confirmation could face several obstacles, especially when it comes to vaccines, agriculture and abortion.
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US Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington on July 13, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
He has been an outspoken vaccine skeptic, something some Republican and Democratic senators have pointed to as a concern.
Kennedy is also pro-abortion rights and has supported access to abortion throughout his life, which has left some Republicans with questions since HHS has some authority over regulations that ‘apply to abortion and those who offer them.
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RFK Jr has been one of the leading critics of vaccines. (iStock)
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His criticism of the food industry and agriculture has earned him some appeal to democratsbut at the same time, Republicans who represent farm states have emphasized that they want to protect farmers and ranchers from certain burdensome policies and regulations.
It is not clear what exactly the coalition supporting Kennedy in the Senate will look like, whether he will have the support of all Republicans or whether it will take some Democrats to get him.
