The Latest: Trump selects anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary | FOX 28 Spokane

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : He and Trump have since become good friends, with Kennedy frequently receiving loud applause at Trump's rallies.-- Jill ColvinTrump says JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon won't be joining his administration
54% : HHS is a massive Cabinet agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research and the social safety net programs Medicare and Medicaid.
53% : Trump added.
48% : Here's the latest:What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick for health secretaryTrump would have Kennedy lead a massive Cabinet agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research and the social safety net programs Medicare and Medicaid.
48% : But Democrats also won't soon forget the punchline in anti-transgender Trump ads that became ubiquitous by Election Day: "Kamala is for they/them; President Trump is for you.""Week by week when that ad hit and stuck and we didn't respond, I think that was the beginning of the end," former Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said of the 30-second spot that was part of $215 million in anti-transgender advertising by Trump and Republicans, according to tracking firm AdImpact.
45% : Kennedy, a former Democrat who ran as an independent in this year's presidential race, abandoned his bid after striking a deal to give Trump his endorsement with a promise to have a role in health policy in the administration.
36% : Kennedy stuck a deal with Trump to give the now president-elect his endorsement in exchange for a role in health policy in the administration.
34% : In a July interview with Bloomberg, Trump said Dimon was someone he was considering for Treasury Secretary.
31% : The announcement came as Trump has not yet named a Treasury Secretary for his incoming administration or others to fill economic and banking related roles.
30% : Trump expected to choose vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, AP sources sayPresident-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to two people familiar with the discussions who spoke on condition of anonymity.
28% : Trump, in a post on his social media network Truth Social on Thursday, said he respects Dimon "greatly" but "he will not be invited to be a part of the Trump Administration.
21% : Trump hammered Democrats on transgender issues.
8% : Trump announced Gaetz as his pick for the post Wednesday and Gaetz immediately resigned from Congress, ending the investigation against him.

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