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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Jessica Glenza

Even in blue Colorado, vaccine advocates worry about RFK Jr’s appeal and ‘medical freedom’ movement

a man in a suit and tie smiles in an arena
Robert F Kennedy Jr attends a UFC event in New York on 16 November 2024. Photograph: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

In deep blue Colorado, one of the only states that did not shift right in the 2024 presidential election, vaccine advocates see openings for Robert F Kennedy Jr.

An environmental lawyer and the nation’s most prominent propagator of vaccine misinformation, Kennedy is now the embodiment of where left meets right – the scion of a political dynasty who first ran as a Democratic presidential candidate and is now slated to join president-elect Trump’s administration as the nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services.

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