In a Senate hearing, Senator Bernie Sanders pushed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. again on his past support for unsupported claims that vaccines caused autism.
The two mixed words during Kennedy’s confirmation hearing to be President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services. The post ‘Oh No, No, No!’ Bernie Sanders Throws Down With RFK Jr Over Who Took Big Pharma Contributions first appeared on Mediaite.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. floundered when Bernie Sanders pressed the prospective health secretary on whether the COVID vaccine saved lives. All he could say was, “I don’t know.” Although Kennedy has aimed to convince senators that he is not anti-vaccine during his two days of confirmation hearings,
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services, clashed with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on the second day of his confirmation hearing. SEN. BERNIE SANDERS: So let me ask Mr.
Kennedy appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday as he seeks confirmation as the nation's health secretary.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one of the most famous of Trump’s nominees, and certainly one of the most contentious. But the first day of his confirmation hearing wasn’t oriented around the kinds of personally agonizing questioning that defined Pete Hegseth’s confirmation process.
Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to disavow baby onesies with anti-vaccination slogans. The clothes are sold by a nonprofit Mr. Kennedy co-founded.
A clash between Bernie Sanders and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at his confirmation hearing for Secretary of Health and Human Services took an unexpected turn on Wednesday when the senator defined a "onesie" in a line of questioning about Kennedy Jr.
Sanders was Congress's second-largest recipient of pharmaceutical donations in 2016 yet received only individual donations during his 2020 presidential bid
Robert F. Kennedy attempted Thursday to score a cheap political point against Senator Bernie Sanders by accusing the independent Vermont lawmaker of being bought out by the pharmaceutical industry—but he got his facts wrong.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, the top Republican on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, concluded Thursday's hearing by saying he was "struggling" with the nomination due to Kennedy's vaccine positions. Kennedy notably refused to say vaccines don't cause autism as he faced pointed question from lawmakers.