Well, here’s a plot twist for the political soap opera of 2024: Democratic Colorado Governor Jared Polis has decided to heap praise on Donald Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services. Yes, the same Jared Polis, who has spent years wagging his finger at anything remotely Trump-related, is now cheering on RFK Jr. with language that could have been lifted from a Trump campaign ad.
Polis took to social media to gush about Kennedy, calling him a hero for helping Colorado “defeat vaccine mandates” in 2019. Wait, wasn’t it Democrats who spent the last three years insisting that mandates were sacrosanct and anyone questioning them was anti-science?
Funny how the narrative changes when it’s politically convenient. Polis even went so far as to cheer Kennedy’s potential for “shaking up HHS and FDA” and threw in a jab at Big Pharma and corporate agriculture for good measure. Who knew the man who co-chairs a coalition called “Governors Safeguarding Democracy” would suddenly sound like he’s auditioning for a MAGA rally?
I’m excited by the news that the President-Elect will appoint @RobertKennedyJr to @HHSGov. He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA. I hope he leans into personal choice on vaccines rather than… pic.twitter.com/cILtTYplcn
— Jared Polis (@jaredpolis) November 14, 2024
Speaking of MAGA, RFK Jr. is a name that sparks both outrage and admiration. While the mainstream Democratic establishment has largely written him off, Trump’s embrace of Kennedy signals yet another masterstroke in his ongoing effort to pull disillusioned voters from the left. By nominating a maverick like Kennedy, Trump is taking direct aim at Big Pharma, the FDA, and the public health bureaucracy that many Americans feel failed them during the pandemic. Trump’s message? It’s time to “Make America Great and Healthy Again.”
America, your new HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has a message for you about our food
This is the single most important video on the internet right now
We must stop poisoning ourselves & our children. Soon this will be illegal. Can’t happen fast enough
Thank Godpic.twitter.com/Y7lroE5T2y
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 14, 2024
Kennedy, for his part, didn’t hold back when speaking at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally. He torched the Democratic Party, accusing it of becoming the party of war, Wall Street, and CIA loyalists. Oh, and he had a field day ripping into Kamala Harris for dismantling women’s sports and cozying up to neocons. That’s quite the break from the party line, and Democrats are probably wishing they’d never invited Kennedy to their dinner table in the first place.
Of course, this all makes the Polis-Trump detente even more eyebrow-raising. Polis, who recently co-chaired a coalition warning about “disinformation campaigns,” seems to be in the awkward position of endorsing someone that his own party brands as a conspiracy theorist. But hey, when you’re in politics, sometimes you have to play both sides to keep your name in the headlines.
HOLY SMOKES: Jillian Michaels Goes Scorched Earth on RFK Jr. Haters With a Series of Stunning Truth Bombs
“If you’re afraid of RFK, you’ve lost your mind! Take a back seat. Let the professionals in this space handle it.”
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— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) November 15, 2024
The irony is thick. Democrats like Polis criticize Trump as a “threat to democracy” but are now offering olive branches to his administration when it suits their agendas. Meanwhile, RFK Jr. represents a unique challenge to the political status quo: too controversial for Democrats, yet a powerful weapon for Trump to expose the cracks in their foundation. This nomination signals that Trump isn’t just playing to win—he’s playing to reshape the board entirely.
