Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now America’s top health official. Kennedy was confirmed by the Senate on a largely party-line vote Thursday as the new U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Kennedy is a key ally of President Donald Trump and was endorsed by Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis after the presidential election.
“The problem with RFK is that he says some things that people can that everyone can get behind,” Democratic State Sen. Kyle Mullica said. “That we want a healthier community, that we want to get sugars out of our foods, and that we want healthier foods too. We can get behind that, but then he follows it up with trying to spread disinformation.”