Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who’s slated to carry a doubtlessly massive position in a brand new Trump administration, mentioned Wednesday there are “entire departments” inside the Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) that “have to go.”
“In some categories … there are entire departments, like the nutrition department at the FDA … that have to go, that are not doing their job, they’re not protecting our kids,” Kennedy mentioned throughout an interview on MSNBC.
Kennedy endorsed President-elect Trump in August after initially operating as a Democratic candidate for president, after which as an unbiased.
Trump’s win within the presidential race units Kennedy up as a winner himself, who’s prone to play some sort of position in well being look after the Trump administration.
Kennedy final week mentioned Trump assured him he would get a job in The White Home if he gained the presidential election.
“We don’t know what I’m going to do. I talked to the president about it yesterday, and he requested me what I needed, and I mentioned, we’re creating a proposal now,” Kennedy mentioned throughout a separate interview with Fox Information anchor Martha MacCallum, who requested if Kennedy is getting the job of Well being and Human Providers secretary.
That job would require Senate affirmation. Republicans seem prone to have a majority within the Senate of a minimum of 52 seats, however it’s unclear how straightforward it could be to get Kennedy confirmed. There was loads of hypothesis that Kennedy would serve in a job that doesn’t require Senate affirmation.
Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of Trump’s transition crew, lately mentioned Kennedy is “not getting a job” as HHS chief.
When requested if he would remove any well being companies, Kennedy instructed MSNBC, “to eliminate the agencies, as long as it requires congressional approval, I wouldn’t be doing that.”
“I can get the corruption out of the agencies,” he added.
