RFK Jr. is a crackpot. He spent years as a left-wing crackpot and has recently transformed into a MAGA-loving right-wing crackpot, but the through-line is that he's been a certifiable crank for more than 20 years.
So when Donald Trump says he's going to let his pal "go wild" on health and medicine if he wins, it's cause for concern. But maybe not too much concern. Trump says a lot of stuff, after all, and never follows up on most of it.
But what if Trump's putatively sane transition director says much the same thing?
Trump transition co-chair Howard Lutnick — in charge of helping staff the gov if he wins — says he had a 2.5 hour meeting with RFK Jr. who talked about pulling (safe and proven) vaccines from the market. Lutnick says RFK will not be in charge of HHS, despite what RFK said. pic.twitter.com/K6wFo6EwqP
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 31, 2024
"He's not trying to do anything but things that make sense," Lutnick says. "I think it would be pretty cool to give him the data and see what he comes up with."
The "data" in question is a little fuzzy, but apparently comprises studies that have been "withheld" and would prove that vaccines are unsafe. This is some kind of weird fever dream, since vaccines all go through normal clinical trials and the data is publicly accessible to anyone who wants to see it.
In any case, it's . . . disturbing that someone other than Trump himself—someone with real influence over administration staffing—has become an RFK Jr. groupie.
Someone who would put RFK Jr
in charge of any government agency disqualifies them from being president.
Actually, my concern would be that all drug/vaccine “effectivness” will be determined by the amount of money “donated” to Trump.
Highly probably that Trump will throw RFK Jr under the bus after the election. Not that he cares what RFK Jr would do to the country as head of the HHS or the CDC, but since he is a total crackpot, he would not be reliable enough to do his master's bidding without question.
Since RFK Jr knows so much about bears, whales, and worms, he should head up the Fish and Wildlife Department.
Howard Lutnick is the biggest lying piece of shit alive. Used to work for him, King of Kings in assholeville. Do not believe a word he says.
RFK Jr. was never really left-wing. He just cosplayed as one.
I'm not sure about that. Let's not debate what "left-wing" might mean in this context, but I once heard him deliver an address that was an unrelenting attack on the George W. Bush administration and its environmental record. He sure sounded sincere.
The problem was, it was not a poltical event, or even an environmental one. It was a gala dinner at a university to thank a family for an 8-figure donation. The senior member of the family (who RFK Jr. knew perfectly well was a Republican) eventually got up and walked out of the party at which he was the guest of honor.
I take it back.
I do not think it's candy corn,
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I wonder if the entire Republican party is really so crazy that they would vote to confirm RFK for any government position.
He won't need to be confirmed. Trump will put him in an "acting" role.
A guy who had a brain worm and lived for a decade with high mercury levels doesn't seem qualified to be a cabinet member for anything other than the Cabinet of Curiosities.
can mercury ever be removed from your body once it's there?