Senate Committees Waging War On RFK Jr Are Knee Deep In Big Pharma, Food Industry Cash
Contentious hearings to consider Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services this week have shined a spotlight on some of Washington’s most powerful lobbies.
Senators aiming critical questions at Kennedy this week found their contributions from the health care industry and their personal investments in the pharmaceutical industry and companies that make highly processed food being spotlighted on X to millions of views. The dynamic has pitted Kennedy’s legion of online supporters against senators critical of Kennedy’s skepticism of vaccines.
At a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing Thursday, several senators directly addressed the popular support of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement.
Senate HELP Committee Chair Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a Republican, was highly critical of Kennedy’s prior statements about the measles vaccine and Hepatitis B vaccine, but conceded that his phone “blows up” with his supporters.
As the hearing concluded Thursday, Cassidy said that he was struggling with whether to vote to confirm Kennedy.
BREAKING: RFK Jr. calls out senators for taking huge amounts of money from Big Pharma. pic.twitter.com/I4OoI1nY1E
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