Caroline Kennedy weighed in on her cousin Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s views on vaccines during her speech Monday after he was announced as a candidate for Secretary of Health and Human Services.
“I think Bobby Kennedy’s views on vaccines are dangerous, but I don’t think most Americans share them. So we’ll just have to wait and see what happens,” she told the National Press Australia Club.
“You know, I grew up with him,” she added. “So I’ve known all this for a long time and others are just starting to know it.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks before former President Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate, during a campaign rally at Macomb Community College, November 1, 2024, in Warren, Michigan.
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Kennedy added that her uncle, Sen. Ted Kennedy, fought for affordable health care and that her family was proud that President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, which she said was based on work of Senator Kennedy.
“I would say our family is united in its support of the public health sector and infrastructure and has the greatest admiration for our country’s medical profession, and Bobby Kennedy has a different set of views,” Caroline Kennedy said. .
–Oren Oppenheim of ABC News
