PoliticsWednesday 01.29.25

RFK Jr.’s HHS confirmation hearing in under 90 seconds — from anti-vaccine onesies to cheeseburgers to AI nurses.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at his Cabinet confirmation hearing Wednesday gave his opinions on everything from anti-vaccine onesies, President Donald Trump’s Big Macs, and AI nurses.

“Are you supportive of these onesies?” Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, asked during Kennedy’s hearing before the Senate Finance Committee as he showed a poster of anti-vaccine onesies that a group he founded sells.

“I’m supportive of vaccines,” Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary nominee said.

Kennedy also dove into food, saying he would not ban processed or fast food — such as those that Trump loves to gorge on — while warning people about the negative health effects.

“I don’t want to take food away from anybody,” Kennedy said. “If you like a cheeseburger — a McDonald’s cheeseburger — Diet Coke, which my boss loves, you should be able to get them.”

“If you want to eat Hostess Twinkies, you should be able to do that,” the son of former Sen. Robert Kennedy said.

Kennedy, one of Trump’s most controversial Cabinet nominees, is nominated for the role of leading the nation’s public health agencies.

Recount Wire

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