The insanity won’t wash itself
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Speaking of surrendering in advance, how many “maybe RFK Jr. will just issue some mild declarations about eating your vegetables, like Michelle Obama” pieces is the mainstream press going to woo-woo out?
Dr. Deborah Birx, President-elect Donald Trump’s Covid response coordinator during his first term, said Sunday she expects that the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Trump’s second-term Cabinet will lead to illuminating discussions about public health.
Trump last week settled on Kennedy to serve in his Cabinet as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services. The choice, which is subject to Senate confirmation, immediately sparked controversy because of Kennedy’s history of challenging the safety of vaccines and linking vaccination to autism, among other things.
“Nominating Bernie Madoff as head of the SEC will lead to illuminating discussions about financial regulation.”
I think there are three factors behind the ridiculously favorable coverage the presumed nomination of an anti-vaxx conspiracy theorist as the nation’s top public health official is getting: 1)The last, best chance for Kennedy worship, 2)a lot of reporters are really upset about COVID mitigation measures (cf. the fawning coverage Ron DeSantis got before his presidential campaign imploded on the launching pad), and 3)the chance to take a break from stories asserting that Democrats are snooty out-of-touch elitists to moralize about the dietary choices of working class people.