Kamala Harris had a terse reply to Trumpā€™s plan: ā€œNo.ā€

Donald Trump said Thursday that vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be in charge of ā€œwomenā€™s healthā€ if the former president is reelected to the White House.

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The comments reflect Kennedyā€™s growing role in a potential administration and his rising standing in the Trump orbit after he dropped his independent bid for the presidency andĀ endorsedĀ his onetime competitor. But calls for a senior position haveĀ troubled health advocates, who point to Kennedyā€™s long history as a skeptic of widely accepted science surrounding vaccines. Those concerns grew this week after the co-chair of the team planning Trumpā€™s potential transition said Kennedy had persuaded him in a 2.5-hour meeting that vaccines caused autism,Ā a widely debunked stance.

The Harris campaign was quick to share footage of Trumpā€™s plans for Kennedy on Thursday, and Harris herself tweeted a short response to her opponentā€™s pledge: ā€œNo.ā€

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      12 days ago

      Actually, it makes perfect sense. Being a Kennedy is traumatic. Behind the Bastards did a set of episodes on him, and between the deaths and other weird things (including giving them too much power and bad parenting in general) Iā€™m not surprised at all how he turned out.