Hello and welcome to this episode of Kennedy Saves the World.

Another Kennedy is testifying before the Senate Finance Committee today.

It's day one of RFK Jr's senatorial dance, trying to get critical votes to confirm him,

because as he is one of the most interesting people in President Trump's cabinet sphere,

he's also arguably the most controversial. And I think he's going to have a harder time than Pete

Hagseth, who cleared the confirmation process by the skin of his teeth. Pete obviously took in

a lot of fire over his personal life and some of his past issues with the ladies. But I think he handled himself very, very well. He is a redeemed

person. His wife was by his side. And when it came to answering for his duties as Secretary

Defense, I thought he did a very, very good job of, you know, showing his depth of knowledge

about the Defense Department, but also explaining

what his service and the uniqueness of his service being, you know, of lower rank than other

people who have served in that position, how that would benefit the armed forces and the

Defense Department as a whole. So Pete did a great job. RFK Jr. is going to have

different problems for different reasons. Interestingly, if you remember the podcast I did with

Maureen Callahan a few months ago when her book came out, you know, there was some new information

that came to light about RFK Jr.'s personal life. And, you know, my feeling at the time was if this stuff is true, he can't be president.

But he's not running for president.

He is looking to be appointed as the Secretary for Health and Human Services, which is a massive department.

And, you know, there are Democrats who are really mad at him because he endorsed Trump.

And there were probably a lot of independents who hate the political process, who despise both parties, who took RFK Jr. at his word.

And, you know, also moved their vote to Donald Trump as well. So you could argue that he won the election

for Trump, therefore Democrats are really mad. There are also, you know, a lot of, I guess,

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