Mike Pence urges Senate Republicans to reject RFK Jr for US health secretary
Ex-vice-president rebukes Kennedy's stance on abortion while Matt Gaetz, another Trump pick, faces uphill battle'
Mike Pence, the former vice-president, urged Senate Republicans on Friday to reject Donald Trump's choice of Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary - although he cited Kennedy's support for abortion rights, while other critics are most outraged at his stance against vaccines.
Pence's comments came as public alarm mounted among Democrats and in health circles about Kennedy, while there were bipartisan warnings that another of Trump's choices, the far-right congressman Matt Gaetz for attorney general, faces an uphill battle" to win confirmation in the US Senate, despite Republicans winning the majority in the upper congressional chamber.
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