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President Donald Trump stood by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. after he faced an intense grilling from senators on Capitol Hill Thursday, telling reporters, “I like the fact that he’s different.”

While speaking with the press during his dinner with technology industry leaders at the White House, Trump was asked about the hearing.

“Mr. President, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said, effectively, ‘We’re denying people vaccines.’ Do you have full confidence in what RFK Jr. is doing?” a reporter asked.

Trump noted that he “didn’t get to watch the hearings today,” but spoke highly of Kennedy, saying, “He’s a very good person.

RFK JR. INVOKES DEMOCRAT FATHER’S WORDS TO DEFEND TRUMP-BACKED CDC SHAKEUP AT SENATE HEARING

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