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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He will move on to the next step in his effort to become Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary. The skeptical and environmental Croatian of the vaccine he headed to the White House in 2024 before ending his nomination and approved Trump maintained his candidacy for the cabinet position in the 47th Administration of the President.
The group of 27 members of 14 Republicans and 13 Democrats of the Senate Finance Committee approved the advance of Kennedy for a vote on the party line of 14-13.
The controversial Kennedy candidacy has slowly advanced as the other options of the President have been passing through the upper chamber and several have been confirmed and jurors. Even Trump’s controversial Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, caused the Committee to pass, and eventually confirmed with Vice President Vance Casting. The tie -break vote.
Trump’s Secretary of Health, RFK JR candidate. Survives heated audiences
Kennedy survived The Senate Fuel Confirmable Audiences last week, where Trump’s candidate addressed 18 powerful federal agencies that supervise food and health in the country faced many verb artificial fireworks during controversial comments, including their repeated ones. claims in recent years Link the vaccines to autism, which has been neglected by scientific research.
Trump’s Secretary of Health, RFK JR candidate. Survives heated audiences
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Witnessing during its confirmation audience of the Senate Finance Committee on January 29, 2025 in Washington, DC (Getty’s pictures)
During the audience, the Democrats also highlighted the Kennedy service for years as President or Legal Minister in Defense of Children’s Health, the non -profit organization he founded that he has defended against vaccines and sued. to the federal government on several occasions, including a challenge on the authorization of the Covid vaccine For children.
Although the Democrats of the Senate Finance Committee did not expect to vote to confirm Kennedy, the point of view was in motion Bill Bill CassidyLouisiana doctor and chairman of the Senate Health Committee.
Cassidy issued a last -minute endorsement indicating a party line vote for Kennedy.
“Your past to harm the confidence in the vaccines with unfounded or misleading arguments worries me,” Cassidy told Kennedy at the end of the confirmation audience on Thursday.
Cassidy’s office confirmed on Sunday evening that Senator and Kennedy had spoken before that day.
The 71 -year -old Kennedy a Sion of the most stored political dynasty of the nation, launched a long -haul campaign for the Democratic Presidential Candidate against President Joe Biden in April 2023. But six months later he goes move on to an independent candidacy for the White House.
Kennedy returned to great headlines last August when he left his presidential candidacy and approved Trump. While Kennedy had long identified as a Democrat and repeatedly invoked his late father, former senator Robert F. Kennedy, and his deceased uncle, former President John F. Kennedy, who were killed in the 1960’s, Kennedy in recent years built relationships with far -right leaders due in part to their high -profile vaccine skepticism.
Trump announced shortly after the November election that he would name Kennedy his cabinet to run HHS.
Kennedy whose opinions were taken out Great pharma And the food industry has also caused controversy, said that it aims to change the focus of agencies that would oversee the promotion of a healthy lifestyle, including the revision of dietary guidelines, aiming at food. ultra processed and reach the causes of chronic root diseases.
“Our country will not be destroyed because we get the marginal tax rate to be wrong. It will be destroyed if we get this problem to be mistaken,” Kenendy said on Thursday as he pointed out chronic illnesses. “And I’m in a unique position to be able to stop this epidemic.”
With Republicans who control the Senate by a majority of 53-47, Kennedy can only lose the support of three GOP senators if Democrats join against their confirmation on the floor of the chamber.
