Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
A candidate for U.S. President (Washington state), State of Washington in the 2024 Washington General Election, Nov. 5
Party: We the People
Race Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Shiva Ayyadurai (I) | 0 | 0% |
| Claudia De La Cruz (S) | 0 | 0% |
| Rachele Fruit (S) | 0 | 0% |
| Kamala Harris (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (W) | 0 | 0% |
| Joseph Kishore (S) | 0 | 0% |
| Chase Oliver (L) | 0 | 0% |
| Jill Stein (G) | 0 | 0% |
| Donald Trump (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Cornel West (J) | 0 | 0% |
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A rift in Trump world over how to make America healthier
For Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the activist whom President-elect Donald Trump will nominate to serve as the secretary of health and human services, the solution to obesity in America – now at 40% of adults – is straightforward: “The first line of response should be lifestyle,” he told Jim Cramer in a Dec. 12 interview on CNBC.
Sen. Murray sounds alarm on RFK Jr. and vaccines
Putting the nation’s leading anti-vaccine activist in charge of the massive federal department overseeing America’s sprawling system of health care, disease control and medical research would “set our country back in a way that I cannot fathom,” U.S. Sen. Patty Murray said Friday at a UW Medicine facility in Seattle.
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GOP senators say RFK Jr. must ‘explain’ vaccine criticism, other views
Republican senators are poised to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes the nation’s next health secretary. But in interviews this week, a half-dozen GOP lawmakers said they had questions or outright concerns about his selection, with several citing his vaccine skepticism, as they weighed whether to vote for him.
How Washington state’s health secretary is preparing for likely massive shift in federal health policy under RFK Jr.
Washington State Secretary of Health Dr. Umair Shah said his agency would continue promoting vaccinations as the best defense against the spread of infectious disease as medical and public health experts worry about President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Trump picks RFK Jr. to be head of Health and Human Services Department
President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services — setting up a debate over whether Kennedy, whose vaccine skepticism and unorthodox views about medicine make public health officials deeply uneasy, can be confirmed.
Trump picks RFK Jr. to be head of Health and Human Services Dept.
President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services — setting up a debate over whether Kennedy, whose vaccine skepticism and unorthodox views about medicine make public health officials deeply uneasy, can be confirmed.
How much influence could RFK Jr. have over vaccines in Trump’s government?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent years questioning the federal agencies in charge of vaccine production and safety. Now he is poised to potentially oversee those agencies in a second Trump administration, giving him a major platform to amplify his skepticism of the lifesaving shots.