The strainthe aggressiveness And the revealing evidence of the newspaper library on Wednesday has flooded on Wednesday the first of the two views in the Senate of confirmation of Robert Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health of the United Statesone of the most controversial Donald Trump’s elections for your cabinet.
Those who have put Kennedy more against the wall in the finance committee have been the senators of the Democratic partythe formation to which the member of the dynasty belonged before launching as an independent candidate in primary and then allying with Trump, and they have done so remembering their Long history of attacks on vaccinesthe propagation of conspiracy theories and half truths or falsehoods and the real consequences of your positionslike dozens of measles deaths in Samoa after immunizations attacked. “Scares people”, He has told him one of his former ranks.
It matters little that when opening his participation in the Kennedy session he has declared that it is not anti -vaccines but, in his words, someone determined to increase their safety. The Newspaper library It has served to remember the numerous times in which it has attacked and spread lies or unfounded fears about their effectiveness or side effects.
The nominee has also seen in the pillory by the abandonment of ideas that had maintained for a long time, like the defense of Right to abortionthat in the past he said that he had to leave in the hands of women, not of the states. Several Democratic senators, in addition, have indicated their conflicts of interest, Especially since he earns money for demands against a pharmacist for the papilloma vaccine.
Most Republicans, on the other hand, have offered more friendly interrogations to Kennedy, which have allowed him to talk about much less conflicting and consensus issues such as efforts to Improve the diet of Americans.o fight against Chronic diseases.
Weak points
Other skinny points of Kennedy’s candidacy have been exposed for their own answers, in which he has exhibited ignorance of how Medicare and Medicaid work, Public health systems for adults and for low -income people, who cover 150 million Americans.
Son potential pitfalls for Kennedythat this Thursday must undergo another view before the Health Committee, achieve your confirmation in the vote of the Senate Plenary. You can only afford to lose the vote of three Republicans (a case in which vice president JD Vance could cast the tiebreaker vote). For the moment It is not clear that you have enough numbers And there are conservative senators like Bill Cassidy, who is a doctor, who have not yet guaranteed their support.
