At a rally Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York City, former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced that, if elected, he would be a candidate for health conspiracy theorist and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He said he would allow him to “run out of control due to health issues.” Kennedy, a former Democrat and scion of a famous political family, initially ran as an independent third-party candidate and spoiler candidate, but for the better part of two decades he has spent the better part of two decades trying to influence Trump administration policy. He has spent his time promoting sexual conspiracy theories.
In August, Kennedy suspended his presidential campaign and devoted all his efforts to supporting Trump. (Trump and Kennedy camps) received support (from billionaire donor Timothy Mellon) It may take that position in a possible Trump administration.especially in several areas focused on health. Kennedy himself created his own “Make America Healthy Again (MAHA)” as a spinoff of President Trump’s “MAGA” slogan. However, President Trump’s speech seemed to suggest that Kennedy will indeed become a Cabinet member, perhaps in a position to lead Health and Human Services (HHS).
Kennedy then stumbled in Trump’s campaign alongside fellow former Democrat and conspiracy theorist Tulsi Gabbard.
Kennedy has spent years spreading health misinformation and disinformation, especially regarding vaccines. In 2014, Kennedy joined Children’s Health Defense (CHD) as a member of its board of directors. CHD promotes debunked conspiracy theories linking conditions such as autism to vaccines and other environmental factors. In 2021, Mehta banned Kennedy’s Instagram account One of the following people has been named by the Center for Combating Digital Hate (CCDH) for spreading disinformation about the coronavirus vaccine. 12 people are responsible for 65% of vaccine disinformation Via Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, not only CHD’s profile, but also Kennedy’s, has begun to rise. CHD Raised more funds than ever before in 2021.
Mehta reinstated his Instagram account last year when Kennedy announced he was running for president, and it remains there even though Kennedy is no longer running. CHD is still banned from Meta’s platform. Most recently, President Kennedy repeated baseless conspiracies that could undermine confidence in the integrity of the 2024 election.
Kennedy is campaigning for president. tried to distance itself from the anti-vaccination movement. Yet he continued to spread disinformation, including: by mistake He said the Biden administration violated the Nuremburg Code by mandating the vaccine. And his vision for making America healthy again is sweeping. Last Friday he Posted The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding [and] “Hydroxychloroquine” was about to end.
The Department of Health and Human Services oversees 13 agencies, including the FDA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). in NBC News interview While still running for president, Kennedy said he would dismantle these agencies, which he said were now in the hands of corporations. He also plans to impose additional testing on existing vaccines, which health experts told NBC will result in many children not being vaccinated. (Mr. Trump is claimed President Kennedy’s plan also includes firing NIH scientists who study infectious diseases, focusing instead on environmental factors and vaccines that are thought to cause diseases.
During the election campaign, he held the following events: Health Policy Roundtable With the doctors who promoted fake COVID-19 treatments.
Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chan told WIRED: However, formal discussions about who will take office in the second Trump administration have not yet progressed. [sic] It’s too early. ”
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