RFK Jr. Explains How ‘Neocon Warhawk’ Marco Rubio Won Him Over — With His Humor and ‘Incredible Transformation’

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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio won him over, in part, with his good humor during a recent interview with Tucker Carlson.

Carlson asked who Kennedy likes in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet after the latter described it as being “extraordinary.”

After first noting that he and his wife get along with Attorney General Pam Bondi, Kennedy called Rubio “the funniest guy in the Cabinet.”

“He says things that make people belly laugh every Cabinet meeting and he’s, you know, I always-, I never was very, let’s say approving of Marco because he was kind of a neocon warhawk. But now he’s had this incredible transformation, and you know, I think he’s very aligned with me on most issues.  On Ukraine, you know, and just the fact that we should not be the policeman of the world anymore,” continued Kennedy.

On November 7 of last year, two days after Trump won the 2024 presidential election, The Hill’s Hanna Trudo reported that Kennedy did not want Rubio to be nominated for the position he was eventually confirmed to.

“He will be advocating for someone who is less neocon,” a source told Trudo.

After being asked if he would vote to confirm Kennedy to a Cabinet position on November 6, Rubio replied “I think the Senate is going to give great deference to a president that just won a stunning, what I think is an electoral college landslide when all is said and done and a mandate. He’s being given a mandate to govern.”

“Obviously, you have to be qualified and all of these sorts of things, but beyond that, we have to ensure that he has a team around him that helps them execute his public policy, not undermine it or stand in the way of it,” he added.