Can RFK Jr. Get Confirmed as Trump's Health Secretary?

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Donald Trump names Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, but the GOP Senate will have questions about his views on vaccines, Wi-Fi, genetically modified foods, abortion, single-payer healthcare, and more. Plus, Sen. John Thune is elected Majority Leader to succeed Mitch McConnell, after a MAGA challenge from Sen. Rick Scott. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:35.3	President Trump makes more cabinet picks, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department
0:40.6	of Health and Human Services. Plus, what to know about Senator John Thune, elected by his
0:46.2	colleagues this week to be the next Republican majority leader succeeding Mitch McConnell.
0:52.0	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. We are joined
0:55.8	today by my colleagues, columnist Alicia Finley, and Kim Strassel. It's been a big week for
1:02.2	President-elect Trump in naming people that he wants to have in his cabinet subject to Senate
1:07.6	confirmation. The latest that is sure to assert some controversy is Robert F. Kennedy,
1:12.9	Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS. Here is what Trump said on
1:18.7	true social. For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug
1:24.9	companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation.
1:29.1	He added that HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected
1:33.5	from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives
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