RFK Jr.'s website is soliciting recommendations for Trump appointees.
- The website of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is requesting recommendations for over 4,000 positions to be filled by President-elect Donald Trump in the U.S. government.
- Kennedy has been promised a leadership role in improving health-care policy in the United States, he says.
- RFK Jr. initially ran for president as an independent, but later endorsed the Republican president-elect.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seeks more than 4,000 health-care positions in the Trump administration and is open to suggestions for appointments across the U.S. government.
Kennedy's "Make America Healthy" webpage is soliciting suggestions for appointees "within the upcoming Trump administration" and enables visitors to "read, comment, and vote" on the candidates.
Robert F Kennedy Jr and President Trump are seeking your assistance in nominating individuals with integrity and courage.
The categories for appointees are "Government Efficiency," "Economy," "America's Health," "Peace at Home," "Peace Abroad," "Food and Agriculture," "Technology," "Labor," "Education," and "Energy and Infrastructure."
The Trump transition team did not respond to CNBC's inquiry about whether the president-elect had approved Kennedy's initiative and whether the team would take the website's responses into account when staffing the future administration.
A spokeswoman for Kennedy did not immediately reply when asked for comment.
Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist, campaigned as an independent but suspended his campaign in August and endorsed Trump. The president-elect said at a rally in New York in October that if he won the presidential race, he would allow Kennedy to have free rein on health matters.
Kennedy is the most recommended person under the category "America's Health" on his site, with over 3,200 votes. Dr. Charlie Fagenholz, with a holistic approach trained in chiropractic, frequency, and functional medicine, came in second in votes. Sherri Tenpenny, a doctor of osteopathy, claimed that Covid-19 vaccines made people magnetic to Ohio state legislators.
In the "Peace Abroad" category, "State, Defense and Intelligence" agencies, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, received the most votes. Gabbard, who was co-chair of Trump's transition team, is reportedly vying to be nominated for secretary of Defense.
Michael Flynn, a retired Army Lt. General, received the second-most votes after Gabbard in the presidential election. Flynn had briefly served as Trump's first national security advisor before being fired for lying to Pence about conversations with Russia's ambassador. Trump later pardoned Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about those conversations.
Under "Education" on Kennedy's web site, Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist, received the most votes. In the "Economy" section, former Texas congressman Ron Paul was the top suggestion.
Although the top vote-getters received 1,000 votes or more, many other potential nominees have few to no votes on the site.
Kennedy stated that Trump wants him to improve U.S. government health agencies in three key areas: eliminating corruption, restoring science standards, and reducing the chronic disease epidemic.
Kennedy responded to the question about Trump appointing him as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services by stating, "I'm not sure if that's the role I'm interested in."
"I may be more effective as health czar or a similar role in the White House, but it's uncertain," he stated.
Trump asked him to take a leadership role in improving national health and policy, he said.
According to reports, Kennedy allegedly stated at an Arizona event that he planned to dismiss 600 employees from the National Institutes of Health and hire new ones.
According to a YouTube video of Kennedy's remarks, as reported by ABC News, we must act quickly and have those individuals in place by January 20th so that on January 21st, 600 people will enter NIH offices and 600 people will depart.
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