Colorado Gov. Jared Polis hedges praise for Kennedy going to Health and Human Services

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis hedges praise for Kennedy going to Health and Human Services
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In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Gov. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) discusses the challenges of raising vaccination rates and the future of the Biden legislative agenda.

After facing public backlash, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis tried to explain his praise for conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being named as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to direct the Department of Health and Human Services.

But as physician Benjamin Mazer said in a recent article for The Atlantic, there’s no reason to believe Kennedy and his quack theories are capable of bringing about improvements of that sort.

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