Democratic Colorado Governor Jared Polis praised President-elect Trump for the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

In a lengthy social media post on Thursday, Polis praised Kennedy for helping Colorado “defeat vaccine mandates” in 2019 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA,” he wrote.

“I hope he bases his decision on vaccines rather than bans (which I hate, as do mandates), but what I’m most optimistic about is taking on the big pharma companies and the oligopoly of big corporations to improve our health,” Polis said. .

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Colorado Governor Jared Polis speaks on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Trump announced his nomination of RFK Jr. on Thursday afternoon. as secretary of HHS, sparking a firestorm of praise and criticism.

In his announcement, Trump promised that, with Kennedy leading HHS, the agency would be reinstated as the “Gold Standard Scientific Research.”

“For too long, Americans have been crushed by the food industrial complex and pharmaceutical companies that have engaged in deception, disinformation and disinformation when it comes to public health,” Trump wrote. “Mr. Kennedy will restore these agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research and beacons of transparency, to end the chronic disease epidemic and make America great and healthy again!”

Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, shakes hands with independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena, Friday, August 23, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Kennedy launched his presidential campaign as a Democrat and ultimately supported Trump.

Kennedy also spoke last month at Trump’s historic rally at Madison Square Garden, where he ripped into the current state of the Democratic Party.

“The Democratic Party is the party of war. It is the party of the CIA. You had Kamala Harris give a speech at the Democratic convention that was written by neoconservatives. It was combative, belligerent. There was talk of the United States dominating the world through our weapons of war. Today it is the party that wants to divide Americans. It is a party that dismantles women’s sports by allowing men to play women’s sports,” he said.

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“It’s the party of Wall Street. It’s the party of Bill Gates, who just gave $50 million to Harris. It is the party, and the Harris campaign is very proud to have received the support of fifty former CIA agents and officers and John Bolton. and from Dick Cheney.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a “No Spoiler” pledge for the upcoming elections during a campaign stop. RFK Jr. announced that only he could defeat Donald Trump in the November general election and demanded that President Joe Biden step aside. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

This isn’t the first time Kennedy has been considered for a Cabinet position for a presidential administration. In 2008, then-President-elect Obama was reportedly strongly considering appointing Kennedy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Politico reported at the time.

Polis has been critical of Trump’s presidency. He recently joined forces with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to co-chair a new coalition called Governors Safeguarding Democracy.

The website cites “rapidly evolving disinformation campaigns” and “cyber threats” as examples of “threats to our democracy.”

“Donald Trump is going to bring people into his administration who are absolute loyalists to his personality cult and not necessarily to the law,” Pritzker said, according to the newspaper. New York Times. “Last time he didn’t really know where the government levers were. I think he probably knows now. And so I think the threat remains high.”

Left: Colorado Governor Jared Polis speaks with members of the media in the spin room after the first vice presidential debate at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, on Tuesday, October 1, 2024; Right: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker attends the Clinton Global Initiative 2024 Annual Meeting at the New York Hilton Midtown on September 24, 2024 in New York City. (Left: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Right: John Nacion/Getty Images;)

During an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Polis said of Trump, “we will work with him and his administration however we can for our state.”

Polis echoed his sentiments, writing on X that he looked forward to “working with him to truly make America whole again.”

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“He will face strong opposition from special interests at this point, but I look forward to working with him to truly make America whole again,” Polis added.

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner and Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.