RFK Jr. Is Too Dangerous for Government
A vaccine skeptic and peddler of junk science, his theories would put Americans at risk.
The secretary of pseudoscience.
Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America
One of Donald Trump’s signature first-term achievements was Operation Warp Speed, the $18 billion effort to accelerate development of the Covid-19 vaccine. He deserves lasting credit for supporting the major effort it involved, the millions of lives it helped save and the enormous economic benefits it produced. So why would he now appoint someone who would undo his own success?
In his election night victory speech, Trump suggested that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a notorious anti-vaccine crusader and peddler of junk science — would have a prominent role in his administration. It would be a disastrous mistake that would kill and sicken countless Americans while also harming Trump’s political standing and tarnishing his first-term legacy.