DeSantis says he would appoint RFK Jr. to the FDA or CDC

Florida governor and 2024 presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis (R) mentioned Wednesday that, though he wouldn't select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a operating mate, he would think about appointing him to guide the Meals and Drug Administration or the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.

DeSantis instructed Clay Travis in an Outkick interview that RFK Jr.'s stance on many medical points "does enchantment to [him] however there's an entire host of different issues that he'd be in all probability out of step with."

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"Sic him on the FDA if he is prepared to serve, or sic him on the CDC," DeSantis mentioned, "however when it comes to being veep, if there's 70% of the problems that he could also be averse to our base on, you recognize, that simply creates a problem."

RFK Jr., who's operating for president as a Democrat, has attracted a big quantity of criticism resulting from his skepticism of vaccines, a supply of elevated controversy through the pandemic. He has pushed again towards on-line and media censorship of his activism and claims. He has repeatedly denied that he's towards all vaccines.

Compared to different Democrats, RFK Jr. has positioned himself as considerably of a average on different healthcare points as properly. Final month, RFK Jr. mentioned that though he was pro-abortion, each abortion is "a tragedy."