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Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) raised eyebrows on Thursday by posting to social media that he was “excited” by President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of Robert F Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services.
Polis had been a sharp critic of Kennedy in the past. In August, Polis jabbed Kennedy, saying his policies and long-held vaccine skepticism could lead to “bringing back Measles and bringing back Polio.” Kennedy has long been a lightning rod of controversy for his wild claims, including that chemicals in the water turn children trans, Russia had weaponized WiFi radiation to cause cancer, and that the U.S. worked to develop “ethnic bioweapons.”
“I’m excited by the news that the President-Elect will appoint @RobertKennedyJr to @HHSGov. He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA. I hope he leans into personal choice on vaccines rather than bans (which I think are terrible, just like mandates) but what I’m most optimistic about is taking on big pharma and the corporate ag oligopoly to improve our health,” Polis began before acknowledging his take might surprise many.
“Before you mock him or disagree, I want to share with you some quotes that if he follows through show why I’m excited,” continued the popular Democrat, adding:
“Level the playing field for Americans internationally on drug costs…cap drug prices so that companies can’t charge Americans substantially more than Europeans pay.” YES! Colorado currently has an application just SITTING at FDA for us to import low-cost prescription drugs from Canada and we just need their approval.
“In some categories, there are entire departments, like the nutrition department at the FDA that are – that have to go, that are not doing their job, they’re not protecting our kids,” YES! The entire nutrition regime is dominated by big corporate ag rather than human health and they do more harm than good
“We’ve got to get off of pesticide-intensive agriculture.” YES! We have tried unsuccessfully to better protect people and pollinators from harmful pesticides here in Colorado and we need all the help we can get to take on big chemical companies and improve human health and the environment! For our pollinators and our people!
“He will face strong special interest opposition on these, but I look forward to partnering with him to truly make America healthy again and I hope that we can finally make progress on these important issues,” Polis concluded.
Read his full post here.
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Publish date : 2024-11-14 16:09:00
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