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The Kennedy family's legacy is in crisis as the once-celebrated political dynasty distances itself from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose crunchy-to-alt-right political realignment has ignited fierce—and increasingly public—disapproval among his relatives.
Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to Australia and daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, did not mince words on Monday.
“I think Bobby Kennedy’s views on vaccines are dangerous, but I don’t think most Americans share them,” she said, speaking before Australia’s National Press Club.
Once a prominent advocate for environmental causes, RFK Jr. is now more known for spreading anti-vaccine misinformation. He has drawn condemnation from scientists and public health experts for promoting the debunked and dangerous claim that vaccines cause autism, among other falsehoods. His anti-vaccine stances further aligned him with the right amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which fomented an anti-vaccination uprising among conservatives.
And now that Donald Trump has nominated him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr. finds himself at the heart of MAGA, dining on McDonald’s burgers and fries in a private jet, despite recently calling such food “poison.”
