Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently set the record straight during a tense interview with a reporter in which the former Independent presidential candidate discussed his stance on fluoride. As RFK Jr. may serve in President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet, he has discussed the possibility of removing fluoride from drinking water, which would supposedly have health benefits.
During a post-election interview in Palm Beach, Florida, Kennedy spoke to MSNBC reporter Vaughn Hillyard, in which he maintained his stance against fluoride. Before Trump’s victory, RFK Jr. had advised Trump to remove the substance from America’s water supply. “You also talked about fluoride in the U.S. water supply. You would see to ban fluoride in the U.S. water supply?” the reporter asked.
RFK replied, “I would advise the water districts that are currently using it that there is a lot of new science out there. In fact, there’s a federal judge decision by an Obama-appointed judge on October 4th of this year in which he sent the EPA back to the drawing board and said, you’ve never done the safety studies on it, by the way…”
However, Hillyard cut off RFK Jr., stating, And so what does that look like without debating, without going back and forth on the science.” Kennedy said, “It’s lowering IQ in our children.” The reporter then asked, “What would you — on January 2025 we’re 3 months away here, what would you actually do?” Kennedy responded, “I think fluoride is on it’s way out..”
Hillyard said, “And how would you make that happen? This is your chance is what you’re suggesting to me. How would you make that happen?” Becoming frustrated with Hillyard, RFK said, “Listen to what I’m saying! And then I’ll tell you. I think fluoride is on the way out because that court decision, I think the faster that it goes out, the better. I’m not going to compel anybody to take it out, but I’m going to advise the water districts about their legal liability, their legal obligation to their service, to their constituents. And I’m going to give them good information about the science. And I think fluoride will disappear.”
Users on social media reacted to Kennedy’s commentary, weighing in on his stances toward public health. “Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who may play a key role overseeing public health issues in a second Trump administration, said Wednesday that he won’t take away people’s vaccines,” one person wrote, sharing a clip of the interview between Hillyard and Kennedy.
The user continued, “He will meet with senior Trump aides on Wednesday to discuss his role going forward. Kennedy said that they hadn’t decided yet what his job in the new administration would be, but he didn’t rule out secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and also floated the idea of being a “White House health czar.”
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