ℝ𝔽𝕂 𝕁𝕣. 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕤 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡’𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕪, 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝔻𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕤’ 𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕠𝕓𝕛𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤

Despite millions of dollars spent by groups opposed to his nomination, the senate voted to install Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Kennedy faced opposition from the left for his decades of espousing conspiracy theories on vaccines and from the right for his past support of abortion rights. For several weeks, it was uncertain whether he had enough senators backing him to get through.

Yesterday, Democratic senators made speeches on the floor past midnight in protest. But on Thursday morning, he had the votes to be confirmed. The vote was 52 to 48. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the former Republican majority leader and a polio survivor, joined Democrats to vote against Kennedy.

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕖 𝕂𝕚𝕣𝕜

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