Vote NO on the nomination of RFK Jr.

I urge you to vote NO on the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to serve as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services. Mr. Kennedy is immensely underqualified for the position, has spread conspiracy theories about vaccines, and leans into questionable and disproven “scientific theories” about human health. In his confirmation hearings, he railed against Medicaid without fully understanding what the program was or who it served. The secretary of HHS is a major role that oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, Head Start, and other vital government programs that support Americans’ public health, safety and well-being. The United States’ health system is already at a breaking point due to overwhelming costs, rampant corporate greed, and manifold conspiracy theories and bad science. We do not need a HHS Secretary who would make it even worse. If the administration’s current trajectory is any indication, Kennedy will immediately inject fear, chaos and distrust across the nation. Would we trust him with the pending bird flu crisis or the next coronavirus pandemic? Can we trust him to keep kids safe during cold and flu season? Is he going to condition assistance to our fellow Americans on conspiracy theories and junk science? Vote NO on Mr. Kennedy’s nomination.