How Robert F. Kennedy Jr's counter narratives on public health found a home in America's disconnected communities

Sudsataya, Daniele ORCID: 0009-0008-3593-8820 and Mostaghim, Manna (2025) How Robert F. Kennedy Jr's counter narratives on public health found a home in America's disconnected communities. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (09 Sep 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was able to transform an unsuccessful 2024 presidential campaign into his current role as Secretary of Health and Human Services in Donald Trump’s administration. Daniele Sudsataya and Manna Mostaghim look at how RFK Jr. has used his own position as an institutional outsider to speak to those in often socioeconomically disadvantaged rural communities, who feel that they have been forgotten by the healthcare system and offer them the freedom of personal choice about their own health.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Health Policy
Subjects:	J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2025 15:54
Last Modified:	29 Oct 2025 09:24
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129765

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