Kennedy’s Future: Will Democrats Try to Impeach Him, or Actually Work With Him?

Politics|Kennedy’s Future: Will Democrats Try to Impeach Him, or Actually Work With Him?

Three days after last week’s “blue wave” election, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a warning on X to anyone suspecting his Make America Healthy Again movement had been weakened. “It’s time to unleash the Kraken,” he wrote.

The phrase, a reference to the 1981 move “Clash of the Titans” that gained currency in 2020 among far-right internet personalities who claimed Democrats stole the election, suggests Mr. Kennedy will fight for his agenda and has no intention of leaving his job despite the defeat of several MAHA-backed candidates.

The question now is whether Democrats will use their new majorities in Congress to try to push him out.

Many want to investigate him, saying his vaccine agenda and handling of measles outbreaks have put American lives at risk. Some, including Senator-elect Annie Andrews of South Carolina, want to impeach him. Senator Angela Alsobrooks, Democrat of Maryland, wants Mr. Kennedy removed, but has not said how.

“The time is now,” Ms. Alsobrooks wrote on X the day after the election. “RFK Jr. must resign or be fired. End of discussion.”

But others want to work with Mr. Kennedy in areas where they can agree. They believe his food and environmental policies, which have run into roadblocks with the Trump White House, have a natural home with Democrats, and they see a chance to win over some of the health-focused coalition that helped propel President Trump to a second term.