How the far-right platform "Infowars" ended up being bought by "The Onion"

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Trump announces more cabinet choices, tapping JFK Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. And, how conpspiracy website "Infowars" went from declaring bankruptcy to being part of "The Onion". Plus, the roadblocks on Matt Gaetz's path to become US attorney general. Peter Baker, Charlotte Alter, McKay Coppins, Dr. Kavita Patel, Ben Collins, Basil Smikle, Charlie Dent, and Tim Shriver join the 11th Hour this Thursday

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0:00.0	Tonight, more surprising names in Trump's cabinet.
0:03.8	He's picked anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr.
0:07.4	To lead the Department of Health and Human Services, what it could mean for public health.
0:11.9	Then Fallout continues over Trump's pick of Matt Gates for Attorney General.
0:16.3	Plus, it is not a joke.
0:18.8	Info Wars bought by the Onion. We'll be talking to their CEO as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.
0:29.7	Good evening. Once again, I am Stephanie Ruhl, and in just 67 days, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States. If Trump
0:39.3	orders Republican senators to jump, our question, are they going to ask how high where we may
0:44.9	soon find out? Right now, Washington is still feeling the shockwaves from some of Trump's cabinet
0:50.3	picks. This afternoon, he doubled down because we learned that he has picked Robert F.
0:55.3	Kennedy, Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services. You know Kennedy as an anti-vaccine
1:02.1	activist who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Trump. My colleague Von Hilliard
1:08.0	has all those details.
1:15.1	Tonight, after teasing a potential administration role for weeks,
1:23.4	RFK Jr., he's going to help us on health and the health of women, men and children, and he is so good.
1:40.3	President-elect Trump selecting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next secretary of health and human services, writing, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to public health.
1:45.4	Kennedy is a former Democratic and independent presidential candidate who dropped out and endorsed Trump.
1:46.5	Well, you want an America president who's going to make our country healthy again?
1:52.4	But he's faced criticism because of his history of vaccine skepticism, publicly espousing
1:58.2	discredited assertions that vaccines cause autism.
2:01.7	Vice President Harris slammed Trump for praising him.
2:04.7	He has indicated that the person who would be in charge of health care for the American people
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