Vaccine skeptic and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the country’s next Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
The New York Times reports:
The vote 52-48, capped a remarkable rise for Mr. Kennedy and a curious twist in American politics. He was confirmed by a Republican Senate, without a single Democratic vote, in a chamber where his father, Robert F. Kennedy, and his uncles, John F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy, all held office as Democrats.
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, a polio survivor and the former Republican leader, voted no, the lone Republican to oppose Mr. Kennedy’s nomination.
Mr. Kennedy is expected to be sworn in on Thursday afternoon to lead the federal Department of Health and Human Services, a sprawling agency with 13 operating divisions, including some — the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — that he has called corrupt.
During his confirmation hearings Kennedy walked back or denied many of his controversial statements over the years. In addition to his anti-vax background, he has history of sharing unfounded conspiracies that man-made chemicals in the environment could be making children gay or transgender and causing the feminization of boys and masculinization of girls. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) brought out many of his wacko theories during the confirmation hearings. Watch below.
BREAKING NEWS:
RFK Jr. has been confirmed.
Watch this and tell me how any sane person would ever want this man in charge of our heath.
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) February 13, 2025
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