Idaho hosts RFK Jr. at the Capitol, protesters gather outside

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior is on a tour of the country and made a visit to Idaho today after dropping in at a local gym to work out in his jeans. RFK Junior stopped by the governor's office this morning. There they both addressed the media about how the state of Idaho is leading efforts that support the make America healthy again movement. We wanted to know exactly what that means, so Aspen Shumpert showed up to ask. However, an address is just that. No questions allowed. Welcome Wednesday, the US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior stood by Idaho Governor Brad Little side as he declared August as keep Idaho healthy month. I've been wanting to come out here since I got the job as secretary. To congratulate him and to thank him. For standing up for the American Constitution, unlike any other state, their speech to the media lasted about 10 minutes, which included Kennedy saluting little for the state's leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. Idaho did better than any other state in preserving those. Essential American freedoms and a lot of that was because of the leadership of Governor Little. Something protesters like Natalie Draper, who was outside the Capitol building today, feels the opposite about. Instead of our government in Idaho, unifying everyone and making sure that everyone received the best care possible and the best care and instructions possible, they were constantly trying to divide us. Kennedy says laws recently passed in Idaho have advanced the make America healthy again movement that includes the 2025 Senate bill, which requires school districts to create cell phone policies. Kennedy says that helps improve students mental health and the 2025 House Bill 109 restricting the use of snap benefits for purchasing soda and candy. If you want to drink a Coke, you ought to be able to do it. But the American taxpayer should not be paying for it. And we're going to end that system, but we need the governors and other governors are now following Governor Little's leadership. Kennedy praised Governor Little for signing the state's Medical Freedom Act this year as well. Senate Bill 1210 preventing government and businesses from mandating medical interventions like vaccines. This state with any state in the country stands for not only medical freedom, but healthy. A healthy population understands as the governor says, that's a patriotic duty. He also voiced strong support for changes to Medicaid. Medicaid is now bankrupting our states. It's a third of the. Of the budget in many states and it is growing exponentially. And the only way that we're going to deal with that is by dealing with the chronic health epidemic. Kennedy went on to make claims about chronic diseases using statistics, but his sources were unclear. When my uncle was president. 3% of Americans have chronic disease. Today it's 6 out of 10. And it's 90% of our medical costs. When my uncle was president, we spent zero on chronic disease in this country. Today we spend $1.3 trillion a year and other stats alluding to a rise in both diabetes rates and autism rates claims. Protesters like Heather Larson hope people will fact check before believing the things that he said about autism and ADHD. His attack on vaccines. Just science in general. I think that's dangerous. I have kids and I don't want them to live in the future where we don't trust science. In addition to declaring August as make Idaho healthy again month, August 25th will also be make Idaho healthy again day. Brian, most of what they addressed today were the laws that Idaho passed in this most recent session. We didn't hear were how Idaho plans to support Idaho's tribe members, but we're told that the governor as well as RFK are going over to the Nez Perce tribe tomorrow. So we might hear a little bit after that trip, so no questions, just basically a 10 minute photo op. Yep. Pretty much thanks Aspen.