President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views public health officials have decried as dangerous in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug,

Kennedy Jr. suggested that the Covid-19 virus was engineered to give Chinese and Ashkenazi Jewish people some sort of immunity.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis might be the only Democrat “excited” about President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to appoint RFK Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services. In a post on X, Polis praised Kennedy as someone who “helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019” and someone who will “make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA.

This isn’t the first time Polis, who is seen as a possible 2028 Democratic presidential contender, has shown a willingness to butt heads with his party.

Jared Polis (D) was met with fierce backlash Thursday after he surprisingly celebrated President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary. Trump announced Thursday that he has selected Kennedy,

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis celebrated President-elect Trump's decision to name Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Why it matters: The vocal support from a Democratic governor is surprising given Polis announced earlier this week the creation of a national organization designed to push back on actions from the Trump administration a day earlier.

"Governor Polis has not changed his view as a whole on RFK Jr. or on the Governor's previously stated concerns regarding some of RFK Jr's positions. While opposed to RFK's positio