LOS ANGELES — In the chapel of a homeless shelter, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood behind a lectern with a “Cancel Corruption” sign and lambasted local officials for mishandling the city’s homelessness and substance use crisis.
Just 24 hours earlier, Kennedy was in the Oval Office, standing alongside President Trump, as the president signed an executive order calling for major changes to childhood vaccinations.
The change in tone — from day to day and coast to coast — shows how Kennedy’s sprawling political messages tied to his Make America Healthy Again movement vary depending on the audience he is in front of.
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