While the political marriage between MAHA and MAGA has strangely remained intact, adherents of President Trump’s agenda are beginning to notice that the Kennedy distractions may not ultimately be worth it.
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When RFK singled out Tylenol as a major contributing factor to childhood autism diagnoses earlier this year, he convinced the President it was a major lay-up he could champion. President Trump supported RFK at the time, echoing his thoughts on acetaminophen and warning pregnant mothers to “never take it.” Now, Trump is saddled with those statements as medical groups caution that it was all bunk.
It’s not surprising considering RFK’s former firm, Morgan & Morgan, has been suing Tylenol’s parent company on similar claims for over a decade, including during RFK’s tenure. RFK even cited the work of the same public health expert who testified in the case and later had his testimony thrown out for being “disqualifying.”
Much of RFK’s tenure has relied on publicity to target specific policies or raise awareness, techniques borrowed from the billboard and advertising industry for class action and plaintiff attorneys like those at Morgan & Morgan. If RFK’s modus operandi in dismantling the health establishment succeeds, it will be because he has empowered these same trial attorneys to file lawsuits against industries and companies he has targeted.
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The public mood in this country is souring against Kennedy’s actions, not because of his stance on vaccines or even his tort lawyer tactics from a previous life, but because it all serves to distract from the very real reforms Americans care about. … On this metric alone, Kennedy has overstayed his welcome.
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