U.S. senator warned against appointing Kennedy Jr. as head of HHS

U.S. senators during the confirmation hearing of Robert Kennedy Jr.'s nominee for the post of Secretary of Health criticized the politician for his numerous false statements about vaccination. Against this backdrop, Senator Ron Wyden said on January 29 that the nephew of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, cannot be trusted with the health of the people of the country.

"The committee staff has reviewed thousands of pages, statements, books and podcast transcripts examining his record. The findings show that Mr. Kennedy supported conspiracy theories and charlatans, especially when it came to the safety and efficacy of vaccines," Wyden said.

The senator noted that the nominee for health secretary has made it his life's work to sow doubt and discourage parents from vaccinating their children.

"It's profitable for him and summarizes the enormous power he has. This is the profile of a man who chases money and influence wherever it leads, even if the result will be tragic deaths of children and other vulnerable people," clarified the member of the U.S. Senate.

On other health care issues, from abortion to general health insurance, Wyden said, Kennedy has changed his views on them so frequently that it has become impossible for people to know what he really thinks on many key issues that affect the daily lives of Americans.

"Having carefully examined the statements, actions, and views of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and personally familiarized myself with these materials, I have come to the conclusion that he cannot be trusted with the health and welfare of the American people, for he takes either side on any issue," the senator pointed out.

Some senators noted that the future head of the Department of Health should believe in science, not vaccination conspiracy theories. U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin recalled Kennedy Jr.'s controversial remarks on other topics.

"He claimed that Wi-Fi causes cancer. He called life-saving HIV and AIDS research bogus and blamed antidepressants for school shootings," Baldwin pointed out.

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Earlier on January 29, the daughter of the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and Australia Caroline Kennedy wrote an open letter in which she criticized her cousin and called on not to let him become the head of the Ministry of Health. She emphasized that Kennedy Jr. has discouraged many parents from vaccinating their children, while he himself continues to vaccinate his own.

Before that, on December 11, 2024, it was reported that Kennedy Jr. wants to prove that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was involved in his uncle's assassination. Afterward, on January 24, Trump signed an executive order declassifying documents related to the assassinations of President Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

As Russian Federation Council Senator Alexei Pushkov noted on January 20, 2025, the publication of these files would be a powerful blow to the "deep state" in the United States and could overturn the perceptions of tens of millions of Americans about their own country.