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Elizabeth Hlavinka

RFK Jr.'s "healthy" plan could backfire

Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed Donald Trump, encouraging his followers to vote for him in the presidential election under a new, slightly familiar slogan: “Make America Healthy Again.” 

“Our big priority will be to clean up the public health agencies like the CDC, NIH, FDA, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture,” Kennedy said, referring to the pillars of federal public health regulation: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration. He promised in a video announcing the campaign that began with him selling green "MAHA" hats and merch. 

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