NY Post a ‘No’ on Bobbie Jr.

By Michael Woyton

If he’s lost Rupert Murdoch, will that make a difference to Donald Trump?

The editorial board of the New York Post said Thursday that it was against the convicted felon’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Calling RFK Jr. “nuts on a lot of fronts,” the Post said “it’s hard to see how he’s the guy to lead HHS and its staff of 83,000 to practical solutions” based on his “warped conspiracy theories” that include more than just vaccines.

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“The overriding rule of medicine is: First, do no harm,” the editorial board said. “We’re certain installing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head Health and Human Services breaks this rule.”

The torrent of questionable choices for top positions in the administration of the adjudicated rapist just keeps coming, not unlike during the lead up to Trump’s first administration.

But Kennedy, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz and Fox News weekend host Pete Hegseth?

We can certainly look at what ties them to Trump.

Kennedy, who is married to “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Cheryl Hines, is recently coming off of a sexting scandal with a reporter almost four decades younger than him. RFK Jr. is said to have had multiple affairs, and his diary outlining them was found after his second wife’s death by suicide in 2012.

Gaetz just resigned as congressman from the 118th Congress, just days before the House Ethics Committee was scheduled to vote on releasing its investigation into sexual misconduct and drug allegations. He allegedly had sex with a 17 year old girl while she was in high school. Gaetz was just re-elected to Congress, which means there is the possibility he could be sworn in come January if the attorney general gig doesn’t work out.

Hegseth, it is being reported, was investigated for alleged sexual assault, according to CBS News. There was a 2017 police investigation in Monterey, California, and Trump’s chief of staff to be, Susie Wiles, was briefed on the allegation. Hegseth’s legal team said the encounter was consensual.

And then there’s Trump who a judge said “digitally raped” E. Jean Carroll, with a jury awarding her a combined $5 million for sexual abuse and for defamation. A separate jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million for two other denials that Trump made.

Are these choices of cabinet-level nominees birds of a feather? 

Are they the reason Trump’s transition team is using private companies to vet some of his Cabinet picks instead of the FBI? Because who knows what they might find?

Or are they Trump’s way, as pundit Keith Olbermann suggests, of finding out how much loyalty — or fealty — the members of the GOP in Congress have for him?

Just how much of a dictator will his people in the Senate and House let him be?

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