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If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had been born with a different name, he’d probably be peddling miracle mushroom cancer cures on YouTube right now.
Instead, our french fry-slinging presidential hopeful Donald Trump has, according to RFK, “promised” to give him “control” of all Washington public health agencies, “which is, you know, key to making America healthy.”
RFKhaswiggledhiswayintotheheartsofMAGAby(rightly)opposingthepublichealthestablishment’sabusesduringCOVID—and,ofcourse,byendorsingTrump.
Andthere’snothinginherentlywrongwithRFK’sstatedgoalofencouragingAmericanstobehealthy“again.”Though,ifhehadhisway,we’dallendupeatingtofurkeyswithspeltstuffingwhileprayingforthesuntoshinesooursolarpanelswillkickin.
Thebiggerproblemisthathe’saprovenscaremongeringauthoritariananddangerousLudditewhoseideaswouldmakelifeconsiderablyworseforeveryone.
Theotherday,Trump-Vancetransitionteamco-chairHowardLutnickexplainedthatRFKdidn’twanttheHealthandHumanServicesjob;