Patty Murray grills unqualified HHS nominee Robert F. Kennedy Junior over his past behavior and statements
The “gentlelady from Washington” was a steely truth seeker on Thursday morning, as Washington’s senior United States Senator Patty Murray confronted Cabinet nominee Robert F. Kennedy Junior about his anti-vaccine views and false claims.
At issue at the confirmation hearing was a vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer. The vaccine is vouched for by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but has been largely described by the RFK Junior-founded “Children’s Health Defense Fund” as “one of the most dangerous vaccines ever approved.”
You have “said it actually increases the risk of cervical cancer,” said Murray.
“Do you stand by those statements?”
Kennedy threw up an evasive flurry, refusing to answer the question because a lawsuit against makers of the HPV vaccine is before a court in Los Angeles.
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