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From: Brumar89	12/17/2024 7:33:27 AM
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The Memo: Trump walks tightrope at Mar-a-Lago press conference Niall Stanage Mon, December 16, 2024 at 5:03 PM CST Scroll back up to restore default view. President-elect Trump sought to thread a needle during his Monday press conference at Mar-a-Lago, pushing back at suggestions that his incoming administration would be dangerously radical, even as he avoided any whiff of actual backsliding. The version of Trump who appeared before reporters at his Florida resort was — at times — tonally different from the rhetorical bomb-thrower from his campaign rallies. In particular, he sought to mollify those who have cast his nominees, especially Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in a dangerous light. But there was still plenty to alarm Trump’s detractors — and delight his base — including a threat to sue over a poll from a notable Iowa pollster that gave a far more favorable impression for Vice President Harris than was reflected in November’s result in the Hawkeye State. Trump said he would sue out of a sense of “obligation” rather than because he wanted to do so over the survey from Ann Selzer published by The Des Moines Register. Trump’s comments on Kennedy were especially striking, however. The scion of the famous family is on Capitol Hill this week, seeking to shore up support from GOP senators. If all Democrats were to vote against Kennedy’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Kennedy could only afford to lose three Republicans. Kennedy’s extreme skepticism about vaccines is by far the most controversial element of his heterodox beliefs on public health. Other elements of his views, including his criticisms of overprocessed foods and of the closeness between the pharmaceutical industry and its regulators, find far wider favor. The recent revelation that a lawyer and friend of Kennedy’s had petitioned to revoke federal approval for a version of the polio vaccine added to the frisson of alarm in public health circles. It also earned a thinly veiled rebuke from outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who was afflicted with polio as a child.

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