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RFK Jr. Is Worst Candidate for H&HS Sec.; He Was Just Confirmed!

Kennedy is another cog in Trump’s machine to destroy America

Manny Otiko
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4 min readFeb 14, 2025

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So, it happened. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., probably the most dangerous of President Donald Trump’s evil clown car of a cabinet, was confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary. Do we need any more proof we’re living in the stupidest timeline?

Unfortunately, the writing was on the wall for Kennedy’s nomination. The cowardly GOP has a majority in the Senate. And on top of that, they’re literally terrified of the violent MAGA cult. And why shouldn’t they be? The felon-in-chief just released about 1,500 Jan. 6 terrorists.

The only Republican to vote against Kennedy was former Senate leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) McConnell is a polio survivor, so he has a particular beef with Kennedy around his anti-vaccine nonsense. Trump just questioned if McConnell ever had polio!

Kennedy has stated that no vaccines are safe. He also claimed HIV doesn’t cause AIDS!

Worst Candidate for The Job

Kennedy, a 21st-century snake-oil salesman, was probably the worst candidate for the job. And that’s why Trump picked him. According to news reports, Trump said Kennedy was a nod to the anti-vaxxer crowd.

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Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him at @mannyotiko.bsky.social

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