NBA star Rudy Gobert praises RFK Jr nomination for Trump health secretary

Minnesota Timberwolves halfway Rudy Gobert has endorsed President-elect Donald Trump’s determination to prime Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to pb the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

In a little connection posted connected X Thursday evening, the NBA player voiced his enactment for Trump’s selection. 

Minnesota Timberwolves halfway Rudy Gobert, #27, shoots implicit Portland Trail Blazers halfway Donovan Clingan, #23, during the 2nd fractional of an Emirates NBA Cup hoops crippled successful Portland, Oregon, connected Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

"Let’s spell @RobertKennedyJr," the connection read. 

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The president-elect, who won backmost the presidency conscionable past week, announced his prime connected Thursday. Kennedy, who initially entered the contention for the presidency arsenic a politician earlier switching to an autarkic tally and yet dropping retired to endorse Trump’s campaign, thanked the president-elect with a station connected X. 

"We person a generational accidental to bring unneurotic the top minds successful science, medicine, industry, and authorities to enactment an extremity to the chronic illness epidemic," helium wrote.  "I look guardant to moving with the much than 80,000 employees astatine HHS to escaped the agencies from the smothering unreality of firm seizure truthful they tin prosecute their ngo to marque Americans erstwhile again the healthiest radical connected Earth."

Kennedy pledged to "clean up corruption, halt the revolving doorway betwixt manufacture and government, and instrumentality our wellness agencies to their affluent contented of gold-standard, evidence-based science." 

Former President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Independent statesmanlike campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr. astatine a run rally astatine the Desert Diamond Arena connected Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 successful Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Kennedy’s enactment was met with some a question of disapproval and praise mostly connected to stance connected vaccines. 

U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif. Called Kennedy’s information "f---ing insane," slamming him arsenic a "vaccine denier" and a "tin foil chapeau conspiracy theorist." Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, however, praised the selection, adding that Kennedy "helped america decision vaccine mandates successful Colorado." 

Many users connected societal media called Gobert retired implicit the post. The four-time Defensive Player of the Year was famously 1 of the archetypal players successful the NBA known to person contracted COVID-19 successful 2020. 

Minnesota Timberwolves halfway Rudy Gobert, #27, warms up earlier the crippled against the Portland Trail Blazers astatine Moda Center. (Soobum Im-Imagn Images)

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Gobert signed a declaration with the T-Wolves for $205 cardinal implicit 5 years, a woody helium signed successful December 2020 portion inactive a subordinate of the Utah Jazz. 

Fox News’ Louis Casiano and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report. 

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