Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face a Senate affirmation listening to on Wednesday on Capitol Hill as he appears to be like to take over as President Donald Trump’s Well being and Human Companies secretary.
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been one of many loudest and proudest supporters of Kennedy, as he has been entangled within the political course of, beginning with the preliminary bid for president. Kennedy broached Rodgers to be his operating mate throughout the 2024 presidential election – a second that was captured on the Netflix docuseries “Enigma.”
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Aaron Rodgers, left, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Getty Photos)
“Retire and go into politics or play two or three extra years,” he stated. “I positively envisioned a life with out soccer, and it wasn’t scary. I felt consolation in with the ability to transfer on in some unspecified time in the future. However I really like soccer. I wish to hold enjoying. And I hated the best way final 12 months went. There’s nonetheless some unfinished enterprise in New Jersey.”
Nonetheless, Rodgers was robust in his assist of Kennedy.
He stated on “The Pat McAfee Present” earlier this month that senators who have been going to query Kennedy had higher be prepared.
“Like, please, any person attempt to get after him and simply watch him completely mop the ground with any of those senators,” Rodgers stated. “You higher come prepared senators, come prepared and attempt to see in case you can pull one over on my boy, Bobby, as a result of Bobby’s f—— good, dude. And no notes, off the cuff, can deal with his personal fairly nicely, so excited for him to – and truthfully so ought to all people.”
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President Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Well being and Human Companies, Robert Kennedy Jr., sits in a gathering with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Capitol Hill on Jan. 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Jon Cherry/Getty Photos)
Rodgers touched on Kennedy’s initiative to “Make America Wholesome Once more.” The motion gave the impression to be kick-started this week when the Meals and Drug Administration banned pink meals dye attributable to potential most cancers danger.
“Like, in case you spend a minute researching substances in merchandise within the states in comparison with abroad, it’s disgusting,” the star quarterback stated. “It’s disgusting what they permit right here, the degrees that they permit right here, merchandise which are horrible for you, merchandise they know are carcinogenic. So it’s going to [be] as he’s doing a service to all people in case you simply let him and get the hell out of the best way and cease making an attempt to label him as regardless of the f— they wish to label him as of late.
“He simply desires to ensure that the whole lot that’s being given to our children is protected, the whole lot that we’re ingesting on a day-to-day foundation is protected, and he’s going to ‘Make America Wholesome Once more’ or goes to freaking die making an attempt.”
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Rodgers has not made any extra statements forward of Kennedy’s listening to on Wednesday, however all indicators point out he shall be watching.
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