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Trump campaign quietly distances itself from RFK jnr after new vaccine safety comments (www.nzherald.co.nz)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by terraborra@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.world

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Lol, that was quick. Effectively, “Thanks for your supporters but we’ll be fine without you”.

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[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 191 points 2 weeks ago

This is legit the best political news this week by a wide margin. It’s still gonna fucking suck but at least we won’t have to worry about fucking polio on top of it

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 112 points 2 weeks ago

Kentucky voted to keep public taxpayer dollars from going to private schools.

It's not much, but it's a small win for us.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

Good work Kentucky! I don’t get to say this enough but I’m proud of you.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 weeks ago

Let's see if that even matters. Red States have a history of ignoring votes like that.

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[-] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago

I wish Texas could’ve done the same, but Governor Hot Wheels is bound a determined to take us all back to the 20’s.

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[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

I was considering starting an Iron Lung manufacturing company

[-] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Damn, and there goes my FDR crutches monogramming Etsy along with it

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[-] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 111 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine thinking a Donald Trump promise holds any value

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump's promises are a solid as the water they're written on.

[-] Joeffect@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Unless it has anything to do with making rich people richer, racism, or women... And u can be damned sure it will happen... And we all know it's not for the better

[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Only inasmuch as it personally enriches him

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[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

A trump never pays his debts

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[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 85 points 2 weeks ago

Wait a second, you mean Trump just used the guy and is now dropping him like a half-eaten Big Mac? I am shocked. SHOCKED, I say.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 52 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t be ridiculous.

Trump would never eat only half a Big Mac

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago

Half eaten salad? No, he'd never eat any of a salad. Not enough cholesterol.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

But it’s a hamburger salad?

(Yeah, that didn’t work in the 5yo either.)

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[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe if it was covered in ketchup like a well done steak

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[-] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 58 points 2 weeks ago

Nobody wants JFK Jr in charge of their health, not even Trump and they knew it from the start. But good to see.

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[-] simplejack@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago

As a nearly 80 year old man who is likely eating a fistful of pills every morning, he might want to ensure that the FDA is still regulating that stuff.

[-] Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.ee 39 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You don't really need that if you have access to money. You just get a real doctor, not one of the quacks that you drag out for political theater to appease the ignorant conspiracy loving base.

US drugs unsafe? import them from europe or directly from the pharmaceutical company that makes them.

The only people who get fucked by these decisions are the "normal" people without great wealth or connections.

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[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 36 points 2 weeks ago

Lest anyone think this is about policy or even politics - it ain't.

This is about the wrong guy getting the headlines. Simple as.

[-] droporain@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

Broken clock. But honestly this is for the best old brain worm is insane.

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[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

He doesn't need RFK to run the FDA, because Trump is going to just scuttle it entirely.

Science bad! Doctors bad! Let the drug companies do what they want! Freedumb y'all!

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[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 weeks ago

I would love nothing more than for this to be true and to hit that one RFK fan we have on lemmy with it, but the article doesn't really give much evidence to support the title.

[-] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

hit that one RFK fan we have on Lemmy with it

Idk why, but this made me laugh so hard. I know I have seen the elusive Lemmy RFK fan in a thread somewhere.

[-] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago

So we're past the "big tent" stage and to the "Stabbing in the back" stage.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

That took what like a quarter of a mooch?

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Just wait until him and Elon get at each others' throats.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 23 points 2 weeks ago

If you think RFK's whiplash is bad, wait until Musk finds out Trump has no more need for him either.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago

Musk has money to give Trump

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 17 points 2 weeks ago

Musk doesn't want to give money to Trump.

Must wanted Trump elected so he could make his self driving systems road legal for robotaxis. He's hoping to get all that money back and then some. If he gets what he wants, he'll be most of the way towards being a trillionaire.

But Trump is not a man who pays his debts and I'm here for the inevitable betrayal.

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[-] Rawdogthatexe@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

Didn't Musk find that out the first time too? He was advising Trump in 2016 and had a falling out after Trump left the Paris climate agreement.

[-] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I'm kind of surprised because Tesla and Trumpnis pro coal and gas. Is Elon eating his own face? Or is he willing to cannibalize Tesla because he has government contracts and Trump will probably hand him any government contract he wants?

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 2 weeks ago

Musk has most of his wealth in Tesla stock. That will skyrocket if his substandard self-driving tech is allowed to be used in unattended autonomous taxis.

Instead of selling cars, he'll sell a service. Instead of selling a car costing $40,000, each car will make that in a few months.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

pharmaceutical companies probably made some lucrative deals with Trump to be pro vaccine. This guy learned from first hand why he should not suck up to a guy who worships money and power

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[-] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well I got to say I'm relieved that he's backstabbing the right people... So far. Well honestly anybody they'd be counted as backstabbing I wouldn't mind.

[-] saigot@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 weeks ago

First they came for RFK jr and I did nothing because I'm not a brain worm...

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[-] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Fucking coward. Own up to your shitty beliefs.

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Trump? He actually believes they work. He made sure he got vaccinated. He just knows he can pander with it.

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

He sent vaccines to Putin even.

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know if it was vaccines, but he sent tests to him when we didn't have enough for our own citizens. You know, America First sort of things.

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[-] radiohead37@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 2 weeks ago

Grifter got used and dumped. You serve no purpose anymore.

[-] twistypencil@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

All the alternative health community who voted for Trump got their comeuppance quick.

[-] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

I see nothing in the article that indicates Trump himself feels this way. What his "advisors" think is irrelevant.

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[-] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

I guess we now know how crazy you have to be for Trump not to want you around. Like "WORM ATE MY BRAIN" crazy.

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[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Cheezus, this is a win and I’ll take it.

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[-] VantaBrandon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

But bear meat stocks are at an all time high

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[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Hopefully the doublecross comes soon and they hang him out to dry before they get into office.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 6 points 2 weeks ago

First of many.

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