Republicans embrace RFK Jr. — and his baggage — in bid for MAHA turnout

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s polarizing tenure as health and human services secretary is not scaring away Republicans who see his Make America Healthy Again agenda as an asset in competitive races.

On the campaign trail, Kennedy has become a political boogeyman for Democrats, who highlight his vaccine skepticism and agency decisions they say have undermined public health.

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