Dem governor quickly walks back statement that he's 'excited' by Trump nominee

A Democratic governor quickly walked back his seeming excitement over Donald Trump's announcement Thursday of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run Health and Human Services.

The former Democrat and environmental lawyer is known for his conspiracy theories about vaccines and other public health programs. He campaigned alongside Trump after ending his presidential campaign as an independent.

The news was met with criticism from many observers and health experts — but Colorado Gov. Jared Polis greeted the news with an enthusiastic post on X.

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He will face strong special interest opposition on these, but I look forward to partnering with him to truly make America healthy again and I hope that we can finally make progress on these important issues," he continued.