Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells an anti-vaccine activist group that they have a “friend in the White House,” during a keynote address in Washington.
The remarks come as Kennedy, who has previously chaired the organization, speaks to hundreds of attendees at a conference held by vaccine-skeptic group Children’s Health Defense. Multiple outlets report he frames the comments as support for steps taken by the Trump administration regarding vaccine guidance, with coverage noting his role as HHS secretary and the audience he is addressing.
Outlets align on the core message and setting—Kennedy’s keynote, the group he is speaking to, and the claim that the group has a contact in the White House. Differences are mostly in phrasing and emphasis. Some coverage uses language such as “friend in the White House,” while others highlight that he points to the Trump administration’s actions to scale back vaccine guidance.
