In the same interview, he added, “I think fluoride is on the way out.” (As recently as Sunday, Trump said a ban on fluoride in drinking water “sounds OK to me.”)

As for the role RFK Jr. will play in the administration, Hillyard asked what role he wants. “I didn’t tell them,” he replied. “I told them I wanted to think about it.”

Asked if he would like to be nominated for secretary of Health and Human Services, Kennedy added: “I don’t know if that’s the job I want. Maybe I’ll be more effective in the White House as a health care czar or something. But we don’t know. We haven’t decided yet. We are meeting today to discuss these issues.”

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida — a former Trump critic who has become a pretty pathetic Trump sycophant — appeared on CNN after the race was called and was asked whether a Republican-led Senate would be comfortable with giving in to the conspiracy theorist to give a powerful role at the federal level.

“Well, I think the Senate is going to give great honor to a president who just won a stunning, I think a landslide victory in the Electoral College and a mandate,” Rubio responded. “He receives a government mandate. And I think presidents who have been given a mandate to govern deserve the opportunity from the Senate to surround themselves with people who will help them implement their policies.”

In other words: yes.