Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) suggested over the weekend that he was not closed off to confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Sanders left the possibility open during a Sunday interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” with host Margaret Brennan.
“I have, up to now, voted for some Trump appointees. A few,” Sanders said. “I voted against most, and I’ll make my decisions next week. Where Kennedy is right is, we are an unhealthy society — a point I’ve been making, many others have been making for a long time. One of the things that concerns me very much, and Kennedy mentioned it, is our life expectancy. How long our people live is five years less than other wealthy countries.”
“And if you’re working class in this country, you live six or seven years lower than if you are rich,” he continued.
“It is an issue we have to…
