RFK Jr. Did A ‘Just Asking Questions’ Dance As Democrats Grilled Him On Vaccines, Conspiracy Theories

January 29, 2025
US Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. departs the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 12, 2024 in New York City. US President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the N... US Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. departs the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 12, 2024 in New York City. US President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday morning, the same day he was named TIME Magazine's 2024 Person of the Year. (Photo by David Dee Delgado / AFP) (Photo by DAVID DEE DELGADO/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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January 29, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Democratic presidential candidate abruptly turned Donald Trump supporter, was grilled Wednesday by Democrats on his anti-vaccine activism and peddling of public health conspiracy theories.

Republicans were more interested in getting the HHS secretary nominee to make mifepristone, the abortion drug, less accessible.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Democratic presidential candidate abruptly turned Donald Trump supporter, was grilled Wednesday by Democrats on his anti-vaccine activism and peddling of public health conspiracy theories.

Republicans were more interested in getting the HHS secretary nominee to make mifepristone, the abortion drug, less accessible.

Catch up with our live coverage here:

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  1. I wonder who, if anyone, will query him about the dead bear, the whale’s head, or the brainworm. The man is both unserious and crazy.

  2. RFK Jr., like Mike ‘Pillow’ Lindell, has a drug addled and damaged brain. They are both functional, but nutty and prone to conspiracy theories. That makes RFK Jr. unqualified for such an important job.

  3. Oh, for Pete’s sake. Will we learn that he has a meth-accicted squirrel, uh, squirreled away somewhere?

    I am old enough to remember when Howard Dean’s political career was ended by a public yowl.

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