And he’s going to do it. I think he’s going to do things that will really make us very proud of this day. Like his father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and his uncle, President John F. Kennedy. Bobby has devoted much of his life to serving his fellow Americans in his campaign for president, and he was a very tough competitor. I did not like it at all. I said, let’s get him on my side. But in his campaign for president in 2024, Bobby brought together a coalition of supporters across party lines, and he really worked very hard.

And he got he had tremendous support, unbelievable support. And I think a lot of that support came my way when we decided to do a little merger. And it was really great. And it was very loyal, very loyal, incredible people. They believe in him so strongly because he’s a fierce advocate for the health of our children and for the values of free speech, democracy and peace. And people are going to be very impressed. I have no doubt I’ve known him a long time. He’s been a friend of mine a long time. Perhaps most importantly, though, Bobby created a nationwide movement made up of millions and millions of mothers and fathers and young people and concerned citizen of every background who want to end and this this horrible chronic disease crisis that exists exists in America.

He’s absolutely committed to getting dangerous chemicals out of our environment and out of our food supply and getting the American people the facts and the answers that we deserve. After years in which our public health system has squandered the trust of our citizens, and they really have they didn’t they don’t trust us. They don’t trust anybody. Frankly, they’ve gone through hell. There’s no better person to lead our campaign of historic reforms and restore faith in American health care. Bobby’s going to do it. The United States spends more money and health than any other country on Earth, but we’re growing sicker every year.

We’re not as healthy as countries that spend just a fraction of what we spend. So there’s something wrong. He’s going to figure it out. In recent decades, we’ve seen staggering increases in cancer rates across all age demographics, including more than 40 percent increase in childhood cancer since 1975. Who can believe that? And an explosion in other chronic childhood illnesses not long ago, one in 10,000 people, children had autism. Now it’s one in 36. Think of that. One in 10,000. One in 10,000. Now it’s one in 36. Who can believe that? There’s something wrong.

There’s something wrong. And I think it’s something that can be found out in 2022. More than 40 percent of children had at least one chronic health condition. And today, nearly 80 percent of young adults do not qualify for military service in large part for health reasons. Think of that. 80 percent. Something is wrong, and that’s why immediately after Bobby is sworn in, I will be signing an executive order establishing the President’s Commission to Make America Healthy again. We have some great people in that commission. Chaired by our new secretary, this groundbreaking commission will be charged with investigating what is causing the decades-long increase in chronic illness, reporting its findings, and delivering an action plan to the American people.

And it’s going to be a plan that people are really waiting to hear. Bobby, I want to thank you. You’ve gone through a lot. It’s taken great courage. You’ve been amazing, actually. I’d call him and say, you’re going to be okay. And he said, I know, I really do. He’s really been supported amazingly by Cheryl and his family. And it was very tough. It was a very nasty group of people that were after him, but he was tougher and he was smarter than they are. And that’s why he’s here today. There are very few people that could have withstood the assault, but he was able to.

So I just want to congratulate you. And we have a very special person here to swear you in. A very, a man that I think has done just, I think he’s just an amazing man. As you know, his name happens to be Gorsuch and he’s a member of the Supreme Court in extremely good standing. He’s highly respected by everybody. And I didn’t know, are you two friends or something? Or did this just happen to be the justice? Did this just happen to be the luck of the draw? What happened? Did you reach out? Well, you reached out to a very good man.

So please, if you would, thank you very much. Okay, it’s good so far. Good. It’s a 10. Yeah. Over here, please. Would all the family like to join? All right. Please place your left hand in the Bible and raise your right. I Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies born and domestic to the same. Could I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion or purpose of evasion and that I will well and faithfully discharge and I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office the duties of the office on which I am about to enter on which I’m about to enter so help me God so help me God Congratulations Mr.

Secretary I want to begin by thanking President Trump for giving me this extraordinary opportunity and I want to introduce my family and thank them for being here my wife Cheryl my cousin Anthony Shriver my daughter kick my other daughter Kira Carolina Carolina Shriver Joey Shriver Jackson Hines and Amaryllis Kennedy oh and I want to thank all of you for your support and throughout this whole two and a half year journey my first time in this Oval Office was in 1961 and I came here to meet my were 1962 I came here and I had a meeting with my uncle who was president and where we talked about the environment he was involved deeply as we all know and restoring physical fitness in this country he challenged at one point during his administration he challenged Americans to do a 50 mile walk which I ultimately did but I remember the day that my father completed his walk we were staying at camp David and my father came in after 18 hours walking on the CNO towpath with his feet bleeding and blisters on them my father had a one of his best friends was Al Lowenstein and Al Lowenstein ultimately was a congressman from New York who was assassinated himself in 1980 but Al Lowenstein had started the Dump Johnson movement to get rid of President Johnson and end the Vietnam War and at the time that he started it people just thought it was a fool’s errand and ultimately he asked my father to run a president against Johnson my father wouldn’t do it at that time and he asked Gene McCarthy McCarthy did it and he joined that campaign and my father ultimately ran and Johnson then dropped out so Al Lowenstein succeeded and although Al Lowenstein was on the other side now running against my father with Gene McCarthy my father wrote him a note a quote from Emerson where he said if a single man planned himself firmly on his own ideal and there abide a whole wide world will come around to him or 20 years I’ve gotten up every morning on my knees and prayed that God would put me in a position where I can end the childhood chronic disease epidemic in this country on August 23rd of last year God sent me President Trump and he gave me he’s now given me he’s kept every promise that he’s made to me he’s kept his word in every account and gone way beyond it I’m so grateful to you Mr.

President a lot of people told me that I couldn’t trust President Trump that I better get it in writing and we did a handshake and everything that he told me he was going to do he has done and I’m so grateful to him and I’ve told you before I genuinely believe that you are a pivotal historical figure and you are going to transform this country at a time when we see all of the indicia of democracy now in tatters in our country we see the rise of the military industrial complex the rise of totalitarianism these attacks on our constitution and this breathtaking epidemic that is disabling our people President Trump has promised to restore the American dream in this country a healthy person has a thousand dreams a sick person only has one 60 percent of our population has only one dream that they get better President Trump has promised that he’s going to restore America’s strength but we can’t be a strong nation if we have a weak citizenry if people are sick 60 percent of our our people are sick 77 percent as President Trump mentioned of our children cannot qualify for military service and we need a man on a white horse now we need somebody who who is willing to come in and has the spine and the guts and the strength to challenge orthodoxies to stand in the way of vested interests and to break institutions that have turned against our democracy President Trump has shown again and again that he is that hero and most recently I greatly appreciate it and I called you the day that you announced the USAID my uncle started USAID in 1961 for humanitarian purposes to put our country on this side of the poor it has been captured by the military industrial complex it has become a sinister propagator of totalitarianism across and war across the globe and very few people understand how sinister this agency really is and President Trump saw that and he stood up to it with a master stroke and we want to do the same thing with the institutions that are stealing the health of our children we need a revolutionary figure and you are that figure and I’m very the allies that I’ve had in this battle for a long time are Senator Rand Paul, Senator Ron Johnson, Senator Roger Marshall, Marjorie Taylor Greene and and Buddy Carter have all been champions of the Maj and before I even came along I’m very grateful for you for standing strong thank you very much President Trump Mr.

Secretary I’d like to ask what plans do you have immediately at HHS now that you’re sworn in sir? He’s going to be running it he’s going to do a great job that’s my plan find out a lot of secrets that have been maybe kept from us but he’s going to come up with some solutions to some big big problems self problems I think he’s going to go down in the record books I really have confidence this group has great even Rand has confidence our plans are radical transparency and returning gold standard science NIH, the FDA and CDC and ending the corruption ending the corporate capture of those agencies getting rid of the people on those panels that have conflicts of interest we can do unadored and unimpeded science rather than the kind of product that is coming out of those agencies today Mr.

Secretary may I ask how do you address concerns that some Americans may have concerns on vaccines? When people actually hear what I think about vaccines which is common sense which is vaccines should be tested they should be safe everybody should have informed consent people people are reacting because they hear things about me that aren’t true they hear characterizations of things that I’ve said that are simply not true when they hear what I have to say actually about vaccines everybody supports it Mr. Kennedy Karakashinova from Lindell TV what’s your message to Democrats in the Senate that fought so hard to keep you from taking this position and congratulations by the way President Trump has promised me the president for all Americans and he has said to me that he understands that there’s no such thing as Republican children or Democratic children all of our children need to be protected and whether you’re in a blue state or red state I’m going to do everything I can to work with you whether you’re Democrat or Republican restore child’s health in this country Mr.

Secretary thank you all very much
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