
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - AUGUST 23: Former Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gives remarks at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel on August 23, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona.Kennedy announced that he was suspending his presidential campaign and supporting Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump.(Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
While dropping out of the presidential race and endorsing former President Donald Trump on Friday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Vice President Kamala Harris has “no interest” in ridding the nation’s food supply of toxic chemicals or cleaning house at agencies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or Department of Agriculture (USDA).
During his announcement, Kennedy suggested that he would be involved in a future Trump administration with a focus on ending chronic health issues and raising regulatory standards for the United States food supply.
“These agencies — the FDA, USDA, CDC, all of them — are controlled by giant for-profit corporations. Seventy-five percent of the FDA’s funding doesn’t come from taxpayers; it comes from pharma. Pharma lobbyists cycle in and out of these agencies,” Kennedy said: