Robert F. Kennedy Jr. labored exhausting to assist re-elect Donald Trump, a person who will return to the White Home on January 25, 2025. And whereas we nonetheless don't know precisely what position Kennedy will play when that occurs, the anti-vax crusader and Trump s -pledged to “Make America Wholesome Once more”. Kennedy has now launched a webpage to assist solicit concepts for who to nominate to essential roles throughout Trump 2.zero, together with prime spots at companies just like the FDA. And it's fairly terrifying to take a look at who is recommended, given the intense concepts that so many of those folks have.
Kennedy launched the trouble on his MAHA.vote (Make American Well being Once more) web site simply earlier than Election Day, in response to the STAT information outlet. The crowdsourcing venture known as Nominees For the Folks, and anybody can submit a reputation for varied classes, together with Expertise, Well being, and Housing, amongst many others.
A reputation that stands out on the positioning is Dr. Simone Gold, who based a corporation referred to as America's Frontline Docs. It first grew to become nationally identified when it held a press convention in Washington, DC in the summertime of 2020. The group tried to insist that well being consultants had been hiding a “remedy” for covid-19. That remedy? Hydroxychloroquine in fact which isn’t a remedy for covid. However that hasn't stopped many on the fitting from believing it’s. Gold, it needs to be famous, was sentenced to 2 months in jail for her position in Trump's riot on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Anybody can nominate a reputation on Kennedy's web site. And the individuals who present up aren't essentially conscious that they've been nominated. The Tech nominees part consists of numerous names I've by no means heard of, in all probability self-submitted. And whereas we have now little doubt that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak would make a very good addition to the Workplace of Science and Expertise Coverage, there's no proof that he even is aware of he's been nominated, and little probability that he needs him.
Kennedy typically insists that he’s not truly anti-vaccine, however he steadily assaults vaccines beneath the guise of caring about “security,” although vaccines accessible in the marketplace immediately are secure and efficient. Nonetheless, Kennedy's ideology extends far past that of vaccines. He needs to utterly revamp well being and meals rules in a means that may solely be achieved by making modifications at a number of companies, together with the USDA.
RFK Jr has proposed what he describes as a “Win-Win” plan for farmers AND shoppers pic.twitter.com/kDiIVX5eAb
— KennedyForTheW (@KennedyForTheW) November 8, 2024
It’s not but clear whether or not Kennedy himself can be given a task in Trump's cupboard, maybe as secretary of the Division of Well being and Human Companies, which is the company beneath which the FDA sits. However even when Kennedy doesn't sit down on the helm of a second Trump presidency, it's fairly clear he'll affect coverage as a thanks from Trump for his work in getting the marketing campaign throughout the end line.
Issues are about to get actually bizarre after Trump takes workplace once more. And it's a secure guess that we are able to't even fathom how bizarre it's going to get.