Fox Guest Wildly Claims RFK Jr. Is ‘Not a Controversial Figure,’ Hails HHS Nominee

A Fox Business Network guest praised President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead Health and Human Services, and claimed, “He’s not a controversial figure.”

On Thursday, Trump gave the nod to Kennedy, who is rabidly anti-vaxx and has espoused a whole lot of medical nonsense. Among other things, he has claimed that vaccines cause autism and said the Covid vaccine is the “deadliest vaccine ever made.” The political scion has also railed against the fluoridation of public water supplies, suggested that HIV does not cause AIDS, promoted ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine as Covid treatments, claimed that the coronavirus was “ethnically targeted” toward non-Chinese and non-Ashkenazi Jews. Moreover, he has insisted that 5G wireless networks “control our behavior.”

Conservatives have nonetheless praised Kennedy’s nomination, citing his criticisms of processed foods and focus on obesity.

Appearing on Friday’s Kudlow on Fox Business, Johns Hopkins University professor and former Fox News medical contributor Marty Makary lauded Kennedy. Before introducing Makary, guest host David Asman began the segment by calling Kennedy “one of the most controversial picks for Trump’s cabinet.”

Makary, however, did not agree with that assessment:

Well, David, this is a historic moment in health. For the first time ever, we’re actually talking about the root causes of chronic diseases. Half of our nation’s children are sick. They don’t feel well. Many are depressed. Twenty percent are on medications. And the medical establishment is saying, “We need more medications.”

Well, we need to talk about the poisoned food supply and the root causes. And that’s what we’re hearing from RFK Jr. We’re gonna see, I think, some really fascinating leadership on this to address healthcare corruption. And in my mind, he’s a uniting figure. He’s not a controversial figure. He’s bringing parents together from both sides of the political aisle that care about their kids. So, this is a historic moment right now in health.

In 2019, Kennedy visited Samoa, where his nonprofit “helped spread misinformation that contributed to the decline in measles vaccination that preceded the lethal eruption.” Eighty-three people died in the outbreak.

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