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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now seen by Americans as one of the most polarizing members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet, CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten noted on Thursday.
Kennedy currently has an atrocious -21 net approval rating, per a new Quinnipiac poll.
That’s down from -11 in March and -15 in June.
“The more RFK Jr. is implementing or trying to implement his policies, the further down his net approval rating goes,” Enten said. “At this particular point, 21 points underwater, is not a place you want to be.”
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Enten put it down to Kennedy being “sort of a two-faced guy when it comes to the American public” who support him on some of his policies, like the restriction of artificial food dyes, but majorly distrust him on issues such as vaccines, of which he has been a yearslong skeptic and fearmongerer.
The “real worry,” said Enten, is how the personal opinion on the divisive Kennedy is harming the image and perceived trustworthiness of the public health agencies that he oversees.
“Most of this decline is coming from Democrats who all of a sudden are wondering, ‘Can I actually trust the information that’s coming out of the federal government, whether or not it is coming out of RFK Jr.’s mouth?’” he said.
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