The Republican candidate said Friday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would have an “important role” in health care if he wins the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
The former independent candidate, who now supports Donald Trump, is known for his vaccine-skeptical and conspiratorial positions.
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Donald Trump said Friday that former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic and known for spreading conspiracy theories, would occupy a “important role” in the field of health if he wins the election. “He knows the subject better than anyone”he said.
The Republican candidate had already assured Thursday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “would work on women’s health”. During his term as president, Donald Trump appointed three justices to the Supreme Court who then helped end the federal guarantee of the right to abortion in 2022.
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RFK Jr, 70, an environmental lawyer, is known for his controversial positions and the dissemination of conspiracy theories. Son of Robert F. Kennedy, he belongs to the famous American dynasty, a large part of which rejects him. A one-time independent presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr withdrew from the race for the White House at the end of August and supported Donald Trump.
Il “has opinions that I completely agree with, and have done so for a long time”launched the latter without answering questions from journalists about the vaccine-skeptical positions of his ally. RFK Jr had notably described vaccines against Covid-19 as “deadliest ever made” and suggested that the virus was “ethnically targeted” to harm black people and white people while sparing “Ashkenazim and the Chinese”.
