Obama once considered RFK Jr. for key cabinet role with backing from Hillary Clinton

President-elect Donald Trump's supporters are pushing backmost connected the outrage implicit Robert Kennedy Jr. being nominated arsenic Health and Human Services Secretary by pointing retired helium was erstwhile up for a relation successful the Obama administration. 

Kennedy, a known vaccine skeptic who has pushed conspiracy theories successful caller years, was announced Trump's prime to help 'Make America Great and Healthy Again' connected Thursday.

Critics person called the 70-year-old erstwhile Democrat dangerous, an unqualified extremist and unfit for the relation arsenic the Senate prepares to instrumentality up his information successful the caller year. 

But Trump allies person pointed retired the subordinate of the salient governmental household was erstwhile nether information years agone to service nether President Obama successful a antithetic furniture level position.

According to the aged report by Politico, President-elect Obama's squad successful 2008 was considering Kennedy arsenic head to the Environmental Protection Agency wherever helium would person been tasked with enforcing wide aerial and h2o laws. 

According to the report, Obama advisers 'said the information would delight some Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.' 

Kennedy practiced biology instrumentality passim the 1980s and 1990s, but successful the end, helium ne'er got a information with an astir ironic twist. 

Ultimately it was not concerns by biology experts that doomed Kennedy joining the Obama medication arsenic wellness experts are raising concerns implicit his HHS information now. 

In the end, Obama believed his arguable statements and past apprehension for heroin successful the 1980s made his confirmation successful the Senate improbable with the anticipation Republicans would artifact it. 

Now with the tables turned, it is simply a Republican president with a GOP Senate bulk considering Kennedy for a wholly antithetic role. 

While it appears improbable Republican senators volition beryllium consenting to spell against Trump contempt wellness experts' concerns implicit Kennedy's record, his information for immoderate wellness presumption successful the medication was expected.

Kennedy dropped his autarkic bid for president and endorsed Trump successful August. Since past helium deed the run way for Trump who has said helium volition fto Kennedy 'go wild' connected health. 

But wellness experts are sounding the alarms connected immoderate of Kennedy's arguable stances arsenic helium would wield sizeable powerfulness arsenic HHS Secretary.    

Kennedy, who does not person a aesculapian inheritance but founded a salient anti-vaccine group, declared this summertime 'there's nary vaccine that is harmless and effective' successful a podcast interview. 

He besides told Fox News past summertime 'I bash judge that autism does travel from vaccines' contempt the Institute of Medicine concluded successful a 2004 study that determination is nary nexus betwixt autism and vaccination. 

In 2015, Kennedy besides equated the usage of vaccines to the Holocaust during remarks astatine a movie screening.

At a 2021 hearing, helium declared the coronavirus vaccine was the 'deadliest vaccine ever made.' Health officials recognition the vaccine with redeeming millions of lives and impeach him of spreading wellness disinformation. 

Last month, Kennedy declared successful a tweet the 'FDA’s warfare connected nationalist wellness is astir to end.' 

'This includes its assertive suppression of psychedelics, peptides, stem cells, earthy milk, hyperbaric therapies, chelating compounds, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, vitamins, cleanable foods, sunshine, exercise, nutraceuticals and thing other that advances quality wellness and can't beryllium patented by Pharma,' helium posted nary X. 

Both the FDA and CDC powerfully counsel against consuming earthy beverage owed to the menace it tin incorporate unsafe bacteria including Salmonella, E. coli and Listeria.

Kennedy besides falsely linked anti-depressants to wide shootings earlier this twelvemonth and has  questioned whether AIDS is caused by HIV contempt the established science.

He besides has seized connected claims besides dispersed by conspiracy theorists that chemicals successful h2o origin sex place disorder successful children.