LOS ANGELES — Speaking at a homeless shelter’s chapel, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, criticized local authorities for their ineffective handling of homelessness and substance abuse issues. He delivered his remarks behind a lectern adorned with a sign reading “Cancel Corruption.”
A day earlier, Kennedy had been in the Oval Office with President Trump, witnessing the signing of an executive order aimed at overhauling childhood vaccination policies.
This stark contrast in messages—from one day to the next and from coast to coast—illustrates how Kennedy’s expansive political agenda, part of his Make America Healthy Again movement, shifts based on his audience.
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