“I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me,” Kennedy said.
Well then, the next questions should be, "what is your job title?" and "what exactly is it that you DO here?"
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Strictly speaking his job is administrative - he's not an expert on health nor does he really need to be. He's a political appointee charged with advising the president and enacting the president's policies. The career bureaucrats and scientists in his employ are the experts.
It is, however, expected that he would at least understand and listen to those teams on what the correct science is and provide feedback from those teams upward to the president to ensure that the president's goals align with good public health policy.
But he's a whackjob conspiracy theorist who has no idea what he's doing.
I think that's a great idea, but maybe don't be assigned in charge of health.
Thinks people shouldn't take medical advice from him,
...proceeds to give medical advice to people.
Sounds like the Joe Rogan Experience.
"No one listen to what I'm about to say, but eating roadkill possum cures chlamydia."
But what if I don't have Chlamydia
Then you haven't joined RFK swimming in sewage yet!
You seem to have skipped step 1: Get chamydia. Please start the instructions from the top
Then eating roadside possum will cure you of not having something else. Also, have you considered swimming in sewerage?
I mean, I already am ignoring the medical advice he gives me.
I sadly can't ignore the medical advice he is giving the country as a whole.
So when he says you shouldn't take medical advice from him, you would not listen?
/j
People gotta remember this guy has been as desperate as Trump his whole life to be accepted as a legitimate member of elite society. You factor that in, you factor in that Trump also wanted to be a crime boss like his mob affiliates from the early part of his career, the motives become more clear, the outcomes become more predictable.
Also remember, some of this is engineered by both parties to distract us from the everyday realities we are facing.
Don’t take your eye off the prize. We want a centrally planned economy, we want universal healthcare, we want federally funded infrastructure projects, and we’re gonna take that money from the wealthy.
Beware “abundance” grifters…
We want a centrally planned economy,
Lmao what? Is this a #JustLemmyThings meme?
Also remember, some of this is engineered by both parties to distract us from the everyday realities we are facing.
Funny how one party seems to push this sort of shit way way more than another party.
Don’t take your eye off the prize. We want a centrally planned economy, we want universal healthcare, we want federally funded infrastructure projects,
I just want a functioning democracy, one with less fascists and corruption in it.
and we’re gonna take that money from the wealthy.
And how are you going to do that? Are you willing to take it by force? Because that's the only way it's going to happen. You have to take it by force.
And how are you going to do that? Are you willing to take it by force? Because that's the only way it's going to happen. You have to take it by force.
No, we'll take it by legislation and re-writing the tax code, but if they want to hold out, than yes, we'll take it by force, and that will be a LOT worse for them.
WTF is wrong with you? Of course I'm not taking it personally, and obviously we wouldn't be taking away billionaire's fortunes under the current regime. There isn't the Congressional votes to pass it, nor would HitlerPig sign it.
IF we manage to take our government back, AND remove the DINO Democrats who are nothing more than Republican-Lites, then we can hopefully have a Congress who will pass legislation authorizing a re-write of the 1974 Tax Code, which baked-in Trickle Down Economics, resulting in an annual $2 Trillion shift of revenue from the middle/working class to the wealthy.
Study: Inequality Robs $2.5 Trillion From U.S. Workers Each Year
'We were shocked:' RAND study uncovers massive income shift to the top 1%
And who would take it? The Democratic government, acting on behalf of the American people. It's not done with guns (or shovels, WTF?), it's done with computers, and law enforcement. Their bank accounts will be frozen and confiscated, and their properties and assets seized and sold at auction, or utilized by the government.
These mechanisms have always been available, the Dems just never used them, while the MAGAs never histate to exploit them as much as possible.
You personally? You're going to take it by force?
So, when democracy is dismantled in the next year or two, and it's no longer possible to "take it by legislation" or "re-write the tax code", you personally are going to take it by force?
With what? Do you have a gun? What you are going to take it with? A shovel?
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He doesn't want you to take medical advice from him, but he does want to dictate what kind of medical advice your actual doctor is legally allowed to give you.
I don't think people should be taking medical advice from me
Right... so why did you take the position of Secretary of Health, again?
The job of Secretary of Health is best suited for an administrator, not a doctor.
Exactly. That's like SecDef being like "idk, I'm really not in a position to give military advice". I say that fully aware of the irony, but it's hard to pick a non-busted example since Trump's cabinet is just completely full of "meritocracy".
since Trump's cabinet is just completely full of "~~meritocracy~~".
Mediocrity.
Ha, if only. I wish it could be that rosy :'(
Maybe midiocracy?
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He took it because he’s a narcissist who’s convinced he’s right about everything because of his last name and his money. Sound familiar?
Trump’s entire cabinet was picked for two reasons: Loyalty To Trump and Pissing Off Anyone Who Doesn’t Kiss Trump’s Ass. RFK fills that second one.
Don't forget he went to Harris and she turned him away, and he went to Trump. Trump "allegedly" gave him the position in exchange for dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump. Which happened directly after.
People claimed at the time that would be illegal as it would fall under quid pro quo.
Edit: had to update it because the timeline was unclear which he went to first. One source reports he went to Trump first, then Harris after. Either way the result was the same. Harris didn't respond, and Trump did. Getting the endorsement
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We live in the dumbest timeline.
For those of us like me that can step back. This timeline is absurdly funny.
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So shut the fuck up about it, then.
For real, I'd respect the self-awareness if it wasn't preceded by years of non-stop medical misinformation.
Honestly hoping he gets ball cancer.
I do.occasionally agree with RFK
That's not "sidestepping". That's him straight up admitting he's grossly unqualified for the role he's been given.
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Then resign your commission, wormbreath
its more or less a distraction of the tariffs, and trumps own doge who is run by vought now.
Woah something I can agree with him about. Maybe we can find common ground here.
Useful idiots; remember that.
The Heritage Foundation is the one enacting the policies. White supremacist billionaires with the idea that they know what's best because.
What people are missing from the article and headline is that he had vaccinated his children when they were little and the question was whether he would vaccinate his children if they were young today. That's the question he sidestepped. Yes, I bet he would is the reason for the sidestep. He's a con man too.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday sidestepped a question about vaccines and whether he would choose to vaccinate his children today against a number of diseases, saying, “I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.”
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