{"id":126133,"date":"2024-11-15T12:55:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T05:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126133"},"modified":"2024-11-15T12:55:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T05:55:22","slug":"rfk-jr-condemned-as-clear-and-present-danger-after-trump-nomination-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126133","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr condemned as \u2018clear and present danger\u2019 after Trump nomination | Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Donald Trump\u2019s nomination of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Robert F Kennedy Jr<\/a> as US secretary of health and human services has prompted widespread criticisms towards Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist who has embraced a slew of other debunked health-related conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump claimed that Americans have been \u201ccrushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies\u201d and that Kennedy \u201cwill restore these Agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"8102c3fb-14aa-4b04-ba15-eadb4c737488\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:2,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Trump announces RFK Jr as his pick to lead US health department&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;8102c3fb-14aa-4b04-ba15-eadb4c737488&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/14\/trump-administration-rfk&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In response to Kennedy\u2019s nomination, Public Citizen, a progressive nonprofit organization focusing on consumer advocacy, said: \u201cRobert F Kennedy Jr is a clear and present danger to the nation\u2019s health. He shouldn\u2019t be allowed in the building at the department of health and human services (HHS), let alone be placed in charge of the nation\u2019s public health agency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s bungling of public health policy during the Covid pandemic cost hundreds of thousands of lives. By appointing Kennedy as his secretary of HHS, Trump is courting another, policy-driven public health catastrophe,\u201d the organization added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Apu Akkad, an infectious disease physician at the University of Southern California, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ApuAkkad1\/status\/1857174303370014781\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">called<\/a> the announcement a \u201cscary day for public health\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cI\u2019m saying this over and over \u2013 but it will be of the utmost importance to ONLY make public health decisions or changes based on robust evidence. I hope we have at least learned this much from Covid,\u201d Akkad added on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The conservative pundit and lawyer George Conway also commented on Kennedy\u2019s nomination, along with that of Tulsi Gabbard and Matt Gaetz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cVery little of what Trump does these days amazes me. Any one of the last three of Trump\u2019s Cabinet-level picks (Gabbard as DNI, Gaetz as AG, RFK Jr for HHS), standing alone, would arguably have been the worst in American history. The fact that Trump made all three in a span of roughly 24 hours is astonishing,\u201d Conway <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gtconway3d\/status\/1857171000414069186\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">California\u2019s Democratic representative Robert Garcia <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertGarcia\/status\/1857166910195892435\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">called<\/a> the nomination \u201cfucking insane\u201d, writing on X: \u201cHe\u2019s a vaccine denier and a tin foil hat conspiracy theorist. He will destroy our public health infrastructure and our vaccine distribution systems. This is going to cost lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Alastair McAlpine, a pediatric physician at British Columbia\u2019s children\u2019s hospital, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlastairMcA30\/status\/1857166072476274704\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">wrote<\/a>: \u201cIt is hard to overstate what a terrible decision this is. RFK Jr has no medical training. He is a hardcore anti-vaccine and misinformation peddler. The last time he meddled in a state\u2019s medical affairs (Samoa), 83 children died of measles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2023\/08\/scicheck-factchecking-robert-f-kennedy-jr\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">According to<\/a> FactCheck.org, in 2018, two infants in Samoa died when nurses accidentally prepared the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine with an expired muscle relaxant instead of water. Following the infants\u2019 deaths, the Samoan government temporarily suspended the vaccination program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The temporary suspension prompted Kennedy and his anti-vaccine nonprofit Children\u2019s Health Defense to reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2024\/07\/how-rfk-jr-falsely-denied-his-connection-to-a-deadly-measles-outbreak-in-samoa\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">spread<\/a> various falsehoods about vaccinations across the island, in turn resulting in a drastic decline in vaccination rates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">A year later, a measles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/nov\/28\/samoa-measles-outbreak-who-blames-anti-vaccine-scare-death-toll\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">outbreak<\/a> on the island caused by a sick traveler ended up infecting more than 57,000 people and killing 83, including children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In an interview for a documentary, Shot in the Arm, Kennedy said he bears no responsibility for the outcome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">On another health issue, Kennedy has said that Trump would push to eliminate fluoride from drinking water, a mineral that strengthens teeth and reduces cavities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/03\/rfk-jr-trump-remove-fluoride-drinking-water\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">according to<\/a> the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Throughout his own independent campaign trail, Kennedy has also touted the effectiveness of raw milk and ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug that has been <a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.cdc.gov\/newsletters\/coca\/020122.htm\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">disproved <\/a>as a Covid cure. In addition to health-related conspiracies, Kennedy has admitted to decapitating a beached whale and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/sep\/15\/rfk-jr-whale-beheading-federal-investigation\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">collecting<\/a> its head, and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/aug\/05\/rfk-jr-kennedy-bear-story-central-park-new-york\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">dumping <\/a>a dead bear cub in New York City\u2019s Central Park a decade ago because he did not have time to skin it and eat it later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Kennedy has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/may\/09\/rfk-jr-brain-worms-biden-trump-debate\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said<\/a> that he had a worm in his brain which \u201cate a portion of it and then died\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/may\/09\/rfk-jr-brain-worms-biden-trump-debate\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">vowed<\/a> \u201cto eat five more brain worms and still beat\u201d Trump and Joe Biden in a staged debate earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/14\/trump-administration-rfk-criticisms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump\u2019s nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr as US secretary of health and human services has prompted widespread criticisms towards Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist who has embraced a slew &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126133\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}