RFK Jr. Says He Won’t ‘Take Nobody’s Vaccines’ After Trump Wins

Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he won’t cancel vaccines from the people when President-elect Trump takes office in January.

Kennedy, who is expected to serve in a second Trump administration, said in an interview with NBC News on Wednesday that he wants the American people to have the information to make informed decisions about vaccines.

“I’m not going to take anyone’s vaccines away,” Kennedy told NBC News when asked if there were specific vaccines Kennedy would like to see removed from the market.

“If vaccines help someone, I’m not going to cancel them. People should have a choice, and that choice should be based on the best information,” he said.

“So I’m going to make sure that the scientific research on safety and effectiveness is available so that people can make an individual assessment of whether this product will be beneficial for them,” Kennedy added.

The comments came after Trump-Vance transition team co-chair Howard Lutnick said in an interview with CNN On October 30, Kennedy wants studies to prove the vaccines are unsafe and ultimately lead to their removal from the market.

Lutnick, in an interview with CNN, also denied reports that Trump had promised to tap Kennedy as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

“He won’t get the job at HHS,” Lutnick said, adding that Kennedy doesn’t want the job — a claim Kennedy later denied.

“He needs data so he can say, ‘These things aren’t safe.’ He says, “If you give me the data, all I want is the data, and I’ll take the data and show that it’s not safe.” And then if you remove product liability, companies will immediately remove these vaccines from the market,” Lutnick said. told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

“So that’s his point of view. He’s not trying to do anything, he’s trying to do what made sense,” Lutnick added.

The interview raised further questions about what role Kennedy would play in a potential second Trump term.

Kennedy stated in interview on Sunday that Trump had “assured” him that he would get a job in the White House for a second term. Kennedy, however, added that he has not yet decided whether he wants to be HHS secretary.

“I want to be in the White House. And he assured me that I would get it,” Kennedy said Sunday when asked about whether he would get the HHS job.

“I want to be in a position where I can most effectively end the chronic disease epidemic,” Kennedy continued. “And I’m sure that if I wanted to become secretary of the Department of Health, the president would fight tooth and nail to make that happen.”

Trump on Sunday did not rule out banning certain vaccines when asked about Lutnick’s remarks about Kennedy in NBC Select News interview.

“Well, I’m going to talk to him and talk to other people and I’ll make a decision, but he’s a very talented guy and has strong views,” Trump said of Kennedy when asked whether certain vaccines could be banned. opportunity under his administration.

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