Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. on Thursday defended President Donald Trump’s choice for Surgeon General, Dr. Casey Means, who has come under fire from the right and the left following her nomination.

Trump on Thursday announced he was nominating Means, a wellness influencer and author, to serve as surgeon general after withdrawing his initial choice, former Fox News contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat.

Means, whose brother Calley Means is a top advisor to Kennedy, has come under fire for her lack of experience in public health or medicine, having dropped out of her surgical residency program, and for her skepticism about vaccines.

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