Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert supports President-elect Donald Trump's decision to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
In a short message posted to X on Thursday evening, NBA players expressed support for Trump's election.
Minnesota Timberwolves center #27 Rudy Gobert hits Portland Trail Blazers center #27 during the second half of an Emirates NBA Cup basketball game on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. Shoot 23 Donovan Clingan. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchell Dyer)
The message read, “Let's go @RobertKennedyJr.”
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The president-elect, who took back the presidency just last week, announced his selection on Thursday. Kennedy initially entered the presidential race as a Democrat, ran as an independent, and ultimately dropped out to support the Trump campaign, but expressed gratitude to the president-elect in a post about X.
“We have a generational opportunity to bring together the best talent in science, medicine, industry, and government to end the chronic disease epidemic,” he wrote. “I look forward to working with HHS's more than 80,000 employees to pursue our mission of lifting the agency from the cloud of corporate takeovers and making Americans once again the healthiest people on earth.” Masu.”
President Kennedy vowed to “root out corruption, end the revolving door between industry and government, and return our nation's health institutions to the gold standard and rich tradition of evidence-based science.”
Former President Donald Trump (right) shakes hands with independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on Friday, August 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Kennedy's selection was met with a wave of criticism and praise, mostly related to his stance on vaccines.
U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., called Kennedy's nomination “insane” and accused him of being a “vaccine denier” and a “tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist.” But Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, praised the pick, adding that Kennedy “was instrumental in defeating Colorado's vaccine mandate.”
Many users on social media criticized Gobert for the post. The four-time Defensive Player of the Year was famously one of the first players in the NBA to contract COVID-19 in 2020.
Minnesota Timberwolves center #27 Rudy Gobert warms up before the game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center. (Subun Im Imimages)
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Gobert signed a five-year, $205 million contract with the T-Wolves in December 2020, when he was still a member of the Utah Jazz.
Fox News' Louis Casiano and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
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