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A happy Wednesday from Washington focused on President Donald Trump’s cabanet pick. In order to lead the Ministry of Health and Welfare, we analyze important moments from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing. In addition, Ben Camizar compares Trump’s position with other recent voters when they take office.
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Four things to know from the confirmation of RFK Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was on a hot seat because the first person in the first instance in the two hearing appeared in front of the Senator to become the next secretary of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Some of the Picks of President Donald Trump’s cabinet have argued, but Kennedy’s nomination is unique in the opposition from the left and right people. In a three -and -a -half -hour hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, he gave Kennedy on the best opportunity that he could not deal with Kennedy concerns.
This is an important point:
Vaccine: As expected, Kennedy’s long history of vaccine was a major line of question. Kennedy declared that it was “equal” instead of “anti -vaccine or anti -expenditure”, as reported by Natasha Kolecchi, and tried to move it forward in his opening statement.
But the Democratic Party did not buy it. D-ORE, the ranking member of the committee. Senator Ron Widen has imposed Kennedy about his comments on the 2023 podcast, saying, “There is no safe and effective vaccine.” Kennedy said that the quote was out of the context.
“We support the vaccine. We support polio vaccines. I do nothing as a secretary of HHS.
During pregnancy: Similarly, former Democratic Party Kennedy called for betrayal comments on abortion rights, a conservative concern.
While running for the president last year, Kennedy said in a podcast that it would support women to allow women to do abortions. A few days later, he returned his position and wrote to X that “abortion is legal up to a certain number of weeks and should be restricted.”
Kennedy faced a question from the Senator on both sides of the passage. He said he tried to match himself with Trump and left the abortion to the state. He added that Trump had asked him to study his pregnant medicine to study the mypepybiston.
“I agree that all pregnancy abortion is a tragedy to President Trump,” Kennedy said, who repeated several times in hearing. “I am serving with the joy of the president. I implement his policy.”
Medicade: Kennedy did not face much of the opposition from a Republican member, but he stumbled in questions from Senator Bill Cassidi about Medicade.
For example, Kennedy stated that Medicade’s premiums and deductions were too high, and most people who used them were “not happy.” However, most medicidus are not charged for insurance and deductions, and public opinion polls generally show that they are looking at programs.
Cassidi is an important factor in the way to confirm Kennedy. Cassidi, a doctor, is also the chair of the health, education, labor, and pension committee to hold a Kennedy confirmation on Thursday. Cassidi does not say how he plans to vote for Kennedy.
Conclusion: Kennedy did not love the Democratic Party, but he has not yet issued the Republican Senator in opposition to him. If the Democratic Party united against him, he can afford only three support on the Senate floor.
The members of the Financial Committee, who were nominated by the Senator of RN.C., Pete HegSeth, were nominated by the Secretary of Defense Pete HegSeth, said, “I am in the estimated lean position after hearing. Has not eroded everything today. “
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Public polls about the beginning of Trump’s second term
Ben Kamizar
Early polls show that Donald Trump has begun with more support from voters and more small rooms than in his first term in the White House. But it is still unknown how they judge his first action as president.
Trump has entered his second term with a better image evaluation than January 2017. NBCNEWS/WALL STREET JOURNAL voting has found 42 % of registration a few days before his first inauguration ceremony was only 38 % of adults. The voter looked positively at that time.
Currently, Fox News’s latest polls show 50 % of the registered voters, and 47 % of registered voters favor him in a new Wall Street Journal. I found out what I was looking at. (Before Trump took office, both votes were held.)
The last five president’s analysis of NBC New Sporing indicates how short a honeymoon in the White House is.
Joe Biden: The 51 % approval rate in April 2021 fell to 45 % by late October and 41 % by March 2022.
Donald Trump: his first approval rate in NBC News voting was 44 % in February 2017. This quickly slipped to 39 % with the next NBC news voting in May. However, Trump’s approval rating was more elastic than other presidents of recent memories, staying within a relatively narrow range of 39 % to 47 % in the entire presidential position.
Barak Obama: The 60 % approval rating in early March 2009 was consistent in the following month’s NBC News voting. However, despite the four of the following five polls, his minimum value in December 2009 was much higher than the depth of Trump or Biden. After the first diving, Obama’s evaluation vibrated about 50 % until the summer before the 2010 midterm election.
Bill Clinton: his approval rate was carved from 51 % to 51 % shortly after taking office in March 1993. By June 1993, it slipped to 41 %, celebrating the first anniversary and returned to 60 %.
Clinton’s approval rate was slide to 43 % before the Republican Party in 1994 before the parliament in the middle election of the year.
(The first year of George W. Bush was damaged by the terrorist attack on September 11, which makes it difficult to compare with the first year of other presidents.)
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