
The Kennedy family have always been reliable Democrat Party members, but Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has cut and run. He joined the Republican Trump Administration and is aiming to get confirmed as head of Health and Human Services with oversight of the FDA.
Many Democrats are upset with this betrayal and by his vaccine skepticism. However, many others are supportive of the issues he has championed over his career including cleaning up the Long Island Sound and Hudson River and targeting the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries for hurting human health.
HIs roots to Greenwich are many and they include:
His mother, Ethel Skakel Kennedy, grew up in Greenwich, attended Greenwich Academy and was married to Robert F. Kennedy, Sr in a ceremony held at Saint Mary's Church in Greenwich.
He lived across the Greenwich border in Bedford, NY and sent his children to Brunswick School and Sacred Heart.
He successfully sued Greenwich and three other CT municipalities for violating the Clean Water Act in releasing untreated sewage into the Sound. The waters are cleaner now.
He defended his Greenwich cousin, Michael Skakel, whom he believed to be framed, for the grisly murder of Greenwich teenager Martha Moxley in Belle Haven in 1975.
Between the lines: CBS reports that allegedly 17,000 doctors are calling for the Senate not to confirm RFK, Jr citing his dangerous opposition to vaccines. Vaccines are a big business for doctors and the pharmaceutical industry. Maybe he is the kind of fighter we need.