Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In Senate: “I am not an antivaxer” – “Sowing doubts is his life’s work” respond Democrats

He denies that he is against vaccines, but stresses that he is fighting for “safe” vaccines. US President Donald Trump has Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in November. (71) referred to as his Minister of Health. He is instructed to “make America healthy again”. His appointment still has to be officially approved by the Senate.

During the hearing with the senators, Kennedy received many questions about his views on vaccination on Wednesday. In the past, the politician had regularly spread wrong information over vaccines, such as the scientifically outdated claim that vaccines cause autism.

“I am not an antivaccin,” Kennedy emphasizes during the hearing in the Senate. “For years I have made people aware of mercury and toxic chemicals in fish, but that does not make me ‘antivis’ yet. All my children have been vaccinated and I believe that vaccines play a crucial role in healthcare. ”

“Now you say one, and then you say the other again”

However, the democratic opposition members are not convinced. “Now you say one, and then you say

The other again, “responds Senator Ron Wyden. “He made his life’s work to sow doubt and discourage parents from vaccinating their children in order to save their lives in this way,” he says about the candidate minister. “This is the profile of someone who chases money and influence everywhere, even if that can mean the tragic death of children and other vulnerable people.”

Several conservative Republican, in turn, ask questions about Kennedy’s views on abortion. Among other things, Mike Pence, who was still vice president during the first term of Donald Trump, had called on to reject Kennedy’s candidacy because he would be “pro abortus”.

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During the hearing, however, Kennedy emphasizes that as a minister he will propagate the views of the president. “I agree with President Trump that every abortion is a tragedy.” During the session, he also announces that at the request of Trump he has the safety of the abortion pill Mifepriston examined again.

Kennedy will also be placed on the schedule by the senators on Thursday.

The former Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Initially had campaigned himself to become a president as an independent candidate. Eventually he pulled himself back from the race and supported Trump, for which he is therefore rewarded with an appointment for an important ministerial post.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is the cousin of the murdered President John F. Kennedy and the eldest son of the murdered senator Robert F. Kennedy.