After Trump Win, RFK Jr. Says ‘Entire Departments’ at the FDA ‘Have to Go’

‘They’re not protecting our kids,’ the former presidential candidate and Big Pharma critic says.

Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces the suspension of his campaign and his support for Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, in Phoenix, Ariz., on Aug. 23, 2024. Rebecca Noble/Getty Images

Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who backed President-elect Donald Trump, said Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) bureaucracy should be winnowed down.

Before the election, Trump had floated Kennedy as having a role in his administration, namely targeting federal agencies that oversee health care, food, and drugs.