This article was originally published by Cassie B. at Natural News.
Many supporters of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s failed presidential bid voted for Donald Trump, who said that he would give the former candidate a prominent role in shaping health policy. Kennedy’s outspoken support for health freedom and criticism of unsafe pharmaceuticals and food products has boosted his popularity among health-conscious Americans, and there is a lot of hope that he can do something about the many regulatory problems that are compromising consumer safety.
However, a recent interview with the co-chair of the Trump-Vance transition team, Howard Lutnick, has spurred some questions about just how big of a role Kennedy will ultimately play in the new administration.
In the run-up to the election, Trump said he would place Kennedy on a panel investigating the spikes in chronic disease seen in the U.S. if he wins the election. Some have interpreted this to mean a prominent role in charge of a public health agency like the Department of Health and Human Services or the Food and Drug Administration.
However, in an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Lutnick appeared to downplay Kennedy’s potential role. She asked him directly if Trump promised Kennedy the role of Secretary of Health and Human Services. Lutnick said that he had spoken to Kennedy extensively about his health beliefs and that he wasn’t getting the HHS Secretary job, nor does he want it. Instead, he said that Kennedy said he wants access to all the data about various medical products so that consumers know what is safe.
“He wants to help get data so he can prove things. He just wants data, and he wants to prove things wrong, and he says if ‘I can’t prove them wrong, that’s fine, but if I can, I can save millions of
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