RFK. Jr's family members say he is a threat' to Americans' health and call for his resignation

"Members of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family are calling for him to step down as health secretary following a contentious congressional hearing this past week, during which the Trump Cabinet official faced bipartisan questioning about his tumultuous leadership of federal health agencies. Kennedy's sister, Kerry Kennedy, and his nephew, Joseph P. Kennedy III, issued scathing statements Friday, calling for him to resign as head of the Health and Human Services Department."

"The calls from the prominent Democratic family came a day after Kennedy had to defend his recent efforts to pull back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and fire high-level officials at the Centers for Disease Control at a three-hour Senate hearing. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a threat to the health and wellbeing of every American, Joseph P. Kennedy III said in a post on X. The former congressman added: None of us will be spared the pain he is inflicting."

"His aunt echoed those claims, saying medical decisions belong in the hands of trained and licensed professionals, not incompetent and misguided leadership. This is not the first time Kennedy has been the subject of his family's ire. Several of his relatives had objected to his presidential run in the last campaign, while others wrote to senators earlier this year, calling for them to reject his nomination to be Trump's health secretary due to views they considered disqualifying on life-saving vaccines."

Members of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family publicly urged him to resign as Health and Human Services secretary following a contentious congressional hearing and broad bipartisan questioning of his leadership. Kerry Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy III issued scathing statements demanding his departure from the department. Family criticism followed his efforts to roll back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and to dismiss senior CDC officials, actions defended at a three-hour Senate hearing. Joseph P. Kennedy III called him a threat to the health and wellbeing of every American and warned of widespread harm. Kennedy's long-standing anti-vaccine activism has driven sweeping agency changes, layoffs, and revamped vaccine guidelines.

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