Caroline Kennedy, a member of the famed U.S. political family, urged senators in a video posted Tuesday on social media platform X to reject her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to lead the nation’s top health agency, calling him a "predator" and his healthcare views "dangerous."
The daughter of former President John F. Kennedy accused RFK Jr. of discouraging vaccinations for personal profit and argued that he lacks the medical, financial, or government experience to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Republican President Donald Trump nominated him in November.
A spokesperson for RFK Jr. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Senators will question RFK Jr. on Wednesday starting at 10 a.m. ET about his views before they vote on whether to confirm his nomination.
RFK Jr. has long sown doubts about the safety and efficacy of vaccines that have helped curb disease and prevent deaths for decades. He disputes the anti-vaccine characterization and has said he would not prevent Americans from getting inoculations.
"Bobby has gone on to misrepresent, lie and cheat his way through life today," Caroline Kennedy said in the video.
U.S. doctors, nurses, researchers, scientists and caregivers "deserve a secretary committed to advancing cutting-edge medicine, to save lives, not to rejecting the advances we have already made," said Caroline Kennedy, a former ambassador to Australia and Japan who served during the Democratic Biden and Obama administrations. "They deserve a stable, moral and ethical person at the helm of this crucial agency."
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