Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched a web site he says will assist “crowdsource” nominees for greater than 4,000 potential authorities posts in Donald Trump’s upcoming administration. And whereas the anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist who deserted his unbiased bid for president and threw his assist behind the Republican nominee doesn’t have an official place in Trump’s Cupboard, that hasn’t stopped him from performing like he’s in cost.
Kennedy endorsed Trump after his failed presidential marketing campaign in what can solely be described as an interminably long-winded speech. Since then, Kennedy has stated Trump “promised” him he will likely be a well being czar of kinds, with “control of the public health agencies.”
However RFK Jr’s new crowdsourcing web site goes nicely past public well being positions.
There are classes reminiscent of:
Anybody is free to appoint folks for numerous positions, and people who log into the location can then “vote” for his or her favourite. To this point, RFK Jr. has a vote lead within the class of “America’s Health.” He’s adopted by holistic chiropractor and osteopath Sherri Tenpenny, whose medical license was suspended after she informed Ohio lawmakers that COVID-19 vaccines turned people into magnets.
For extra perception into the standard of the “crowdsourcing” happening, have a look at the “Education” class, the place Turning Level USA founder Charlie Kirk leads the voting, adopted by finance bro and failed GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. Proper-wing podcaster Candace Owens is in fifth place—sure, the girl who stated the one downside with Hitler was that “he had dreams outside of Germany.”
Kennedy’s historical past of vaccine skepticism worries most public well being consultants. You want solely have a look at Florida for a cautionary story, the place a equally anti-science method was taken by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ surgeon common choose, Joseph Ladapo, to deleterious public well being outcomes.
The person whose mind housed a useless worm stays imprecise about how he would “investigate” what he describes as “vaccine safety.” Kennedy has promised to eliminate water fluoridation therapies—one thing most consultants contemplate disastrous for public well being.
Trump’s transition crew didn’t remark when requested whether or not or not the president-elect approved Kennedy’s unorthodox staffing effort.
As of the writing of this story, Trump has but to announce his plans for the division of Well being and Human Providers. Nonetheless, Kennedy’s harebrained concepts have reportedly led Trump’s advisers to quietly try to distance das führer from the vaccine skeptic. Will the useless bear-cub hoaxer find yourself in a made-up division like Elon Musk and Ramaswamy, the place he will get an opportunity to play fake authorities? We are able to solely wait and see.
