The Case for Finding Common Ground With RFK

Democrats need to build a bigger tent to be competitive. But building a bigger political tent means compromising—and that compromise usually means making someone inside your tent angry.

Take, for instance, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, who surprised many and angered some by announcing that he was “excited” by the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Asking people to hold off on mocking or disagreeing with RFK Jr., Polis pointed to issues like pharmaceutical reform, nutrition policy, and the use of pesticides. After facing backlash, Polis clarified that he was pro-vaccines, but it left me thinking: What might it look like to open the Democratic tent to vaccine-skeptical Americans, of which there are a growing number?