RFK Jr talks Kennedy history on first trip as HHS chief, inspires gov to order ‘Mountaineer Mile’ for ‘MAHA'

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week it was fitting he chose Martinsburg, West Virginia, for his first trip to promote the "MAHA" agenda, saying his iconic political family has a unique history in the Mountain State.

Kennedy recalled former New York Democratic Gov. Al Smith – in whose honor a famous annual Catholic Archdiocese-affiliated dinner is held in New York City – and how he incidentally forced the country to reckon with anti-Catholic biases.

Despite being a popular governor in New York who preceded President Franklin Roosevelt in Albany, Kennedy noted Smith’s foray into the presidential arena led to political strife and "a resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan" in parts of the South.

Smith lost to Republican President Herbert Hoover "catastrophically," Kennedy said – as Smith ...