Trump Says RFK Jr. Will Be Put in Charge of Women's Health
Donald Trump told a crowd in Henderson, NV Thursday that he would put his surrogate, noted anti-vaxx conspiracy theorist and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of women's health in his second administration.
"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. we have. And he's going to work on health, and women's health and all of the different, because we're not really a wealthy or a healthy country…That's why I told Bobby, Bobby, I want you to take care of health."
RFK Jr. said in August of last year while still a candidate that he would support a national abortion ban after the first trimester of pregnancy.
RFK Jr. has made his career attacking public health in the United States and spreading dangerous misinformation about vaccines. Earlier this week, Trump transition co-chair Howard Lutnick said RFK Jr. had been seeking data from the Department of Health and Human Services to prove that various vaccines should be pulled from the market in the U.S.
"He wants the data, so he can say, 'These things are unsafe.'" Lutnick said. "He says, 'If you give me the data, all I want is the data, and I’ll take on the data and show that it’s not safe. And then if you pull the product liability, the companies will yank these vaccines right off, off of the market.'"
Trump has repeatedly said that RFK Jr. will have responsibility over various health-related agencies and policy in a potential second Trump term.
