{"id":4690,"date":"2024-09-25T17:06:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T17:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/?p=4690"},"modified":"2024-09-25T17:06:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T17:06:52","slug":"rfk-jr-former-cdc-director-told-me-you-got-everything-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/rfk-jr-former-cdc-director-told-me-you-got-everything-right\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr.: Former CDC Director Told Me \u2018You Got Everything Right"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Robert Redfield, a former director of the CDC, has formally endorsed former President Donald Trump and praised his administration\u2019s and policy\u2019s approach to health care. In an editorial for Newsweek, Redfield gave this endorsement and stated that he was confident in Trump\u2019s capacity to \u201crestore American health\u201d and address problems with the country\u2019s healthcare system.\n\n\n\n

The most surprising turn of events, though, was when Redfield told Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that he thought Kennedy \u201cgot everything right\u201d regarding his critiques of the CDC during the COVID-19 outbreak. Kennedy expressed disbelief at the support. Kennedy is well-known for his outspoken views on vaccine policies and his book, which criticizes both Redfield and Dr. Anthony Fauci.\n\n\n\n

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Below is a transcript of the exchange, via Grabien:\n\n\n\n

Kennedy JR.: \u201cI\u2019ll tell you something interesting that happened today, and I actually was going to mention this to Ran, because it was an extraordinary event to me, but Robert Redfield, who I really go after in my Fauci book, kind of a hammer and tongs, wrote an editorial in \u2018Newsweek\u2019 magazine today saying that he was endorsing President Trump because President Trump was going to restore American health, and that President Trump, he said, a lot of people might be surprised I say this, but \u2014 to say \u2014 hear me say this, but he has chosen exactly the only person who can do this, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.. This was breathtaking to me \u2014\u201c\n\n\n\n

MODERATOR: \u201cWow!\u201d\n\n\n\n

Kennedy JR.: \u201c\u2014 because this is the guy who\u2019s the head of the CDC that I\u2019ve been criticizing for years, and then this afternoon he came over and had lunch with me, it was the first time I\u2019ve ever met him, and the first thing he said to me is, you got everything right.\u201d\n\n\n\n

MODERATOR: \u201cWow, wow.\u201d\n\n\n\n

Kennedy JR.: \u201cIt was \u2014\u201c\n\n\n\n

MODERATOR: \u201cWow.\u201d\n\n\n\n

Republican vice presidential candidate and Ohio Sen. JD Vance says that Republicans are now a diverse party since he and former President Donald Trump have enlisted former Democrats Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii.\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe president just got RFK\u2019s endorsement, he just got Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s endorsement, and on the other side, he\u2019s got Nikki Haley\u2019s endorsement, he\u2019s got Brian Kemp\u2019s endorsement,\u201d he said, the BBC reported. \u201cHe is the president of common sense in this country. People are sick of being lied to, and they\u2019re sick of the craziness.\u201d\n\n\n\n

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He said that the former president and RFK Jr. have some \u201cpersonal disagreements\u201d but said \u201cthey\u2019re both big enough to put the country over personal interests.\u201d\n\n\n\n

He also spoke about the endorsement of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp [R], who was feuding with the former president, and how he assisted in mending fences.\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think people from across the political spectrum should take something from this \u2014 that Brian Kemp is willing to say\u2026 we are the big tent party, we stand for common sense and sanity, and we\u2019ve got to kick that insane politician named Kamala Harris out of the White House.\u201d\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to convince you that you should change your mind on the president in the same way that I\u2019m not going to convince the president that he should change his mind on you. But you guys agree on 90% of the things. You can put whatever personal differences aside,\u201d he said of his conversation with the Georgia governor.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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