Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed by the Senate in a mostly party-line 52-48 vote Thursday morning.
All 45 Senate Democrats and the two nominal independents who caucus with them voted “no.” They were joined by one Republican, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who also joined Democrats on Wednesday voting against confirmation of former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence.
Since disbanding his 2024 presidential campaign and joining Donald Trump’s campaign, Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” message has become a major part of the new Republican agenda.
Speaking at the charity Al Smith dinner in New York in October, Trump jokingly said of Kennedy, “We’re going to let him go wild, then I’m going to have to maybe rein him back, because he’s got some pretty wild ideas, but most of them are really good, I think.”
Kennedy’s…
