Aaron Rodgers admitted Thursday that he was looking forward to watching Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
President-elect Trump nominated Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services and a confirmation hearing with senators has not yet been scheduled.
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New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Rodgers, who considered Kennedy’s offer to become his running mate during the 2024 presidential election, said on “The Pat McAfee Show” that he wanted to watch the hearing to “see who tried to screw with him.”
“For example, someone trying to chase him down and seeing him wipe the floor with any of these senators,” Rodgers said. “You better come prepared, senators, come prepared and try to see if you can fool my boy, Bobby, because Bobby is damn smart, man. And no note, off the cuff, can handle his own.” pretty good, I’m really excited for him to do it, and honestly, everyone should do it.”
Rodgers referred to Kennedy’s initiative to “Make America Healthy Again.” The movement seemed to get underway this week when the FDA banned red food dyes due to their possible cancer risk.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the election campaign. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
“If you spend a minute researching the ingredients of products in the United States compared to overseas, it’s disgusting,” the star quarterback said. “It’s disgusting what they allow here, the levels they allow here, products that are terrible for you, products that they know are carcinogenic. So it’s going to [be] since he’s doing everyone a service if you just let him, get out of the way, and stop trying to label him whatever they want to label him these days.
“He just wants to make sure that everything that is given to our children is safe, that everything that we ingest daily is safe, and he’s either going to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ or he’s going to do something crazy.” die trying.”
New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Kennedy has faced waves of support and criticism from both sides of the aisle as the confirmation process looms.
