President-elect Donald Trump nominated Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday.
One person said having an anti-vaxxer like Kennedy lead the Cabinet department is "like naming a flat-earther to lead NASA."
President-elect Donald Trump praised Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while speaking at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday night, saying that "nobody's going to be able to do it like you." Trump nominated Kennedy for Secretary of Health and Human Services earlier in the day,
The president-elect said he would nominate environmental lawyer and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as health and human services secretary.
Trump is expected to make Matt Gaetz his attorney general and Marco Rubio his secretary of state, and place Tulsi Gabbard, Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller in key posts.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised to "make America healthy again." What does that actually mean? Here's everything he promises to do.
President-elect Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
Donald Trump says Kennedy will help protect Americans from "harmful chemicals" and "make America healthy again".
Donald Trump has nominated three Republican members of the House for senior positions so far: Elise Stefanik as UN ambassador, Matt Gaetz as attorney general and Mike Waltz as national security advisor.
Democratic Colorado Governor Jared Polis remains wary but is "excited" by President-elect Donald Trump 's decision to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
President-elect Donald Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next Secretary of Health and Human Services, among other picks on Thursday.