Jake Tapper Doesn't Hold Back With Grim Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Punchline
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Donald Trump has said Kennedy will be allowed to "go wild" on health in the role.
CNN’s Jake Tapper turned to gallows humor when talking about Donald Trump’s tapping of anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
“Well America, I hope you like measles,” Tapper sarcastically sniped on Thursday’s episode of “The Lead.”
Trump has promised to allow Kennedy to “go wild” on health and medicines in the role.
Kennedy, though, has for years pushed disproven claims linking vaccines to autism and other medical conditions and his 2019 visit to Samoa was linked to a subsequent deadly measles outbreak on the the Pacific island nation.
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Democrats, meanwhile, blocked a competing GOP bill on Thursday that would have bolstered health savings accounts instead.
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Robert Kennedy Jr. has spearheaded efforts to ban junk food and soda from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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