Vance says senators are “full of s**t” after RFK Jr. hearing

Vice President J D Vance rushed to Robert F Kennedy Jr s defense after the HHS secretary faced relentless bipartisan criticism in a Senate hearing over his tenure in the Trump administration Vance lashed out at the senators on X saying they were trying to gotcha Bobby Kennedy He went on to say that senators who supported strength care for transgender minors didn t have a leg to stand on You all aid off-label untested and irreversible hormonal therapies for children he wrote You re full of s t and everyone knows it Related Wellness workers say RFK Jr has endangered their lives Kennedy s hearing inspired multiple tense exchanges between the secretary and senators including several members of the GOP who have been vocal critics of transgender fitness care Democratic Sen Ron Wyden declared America is in a healthcare calamity thanks to Kennedy s tenure He called the secretary s term a mishap that endangers the vitality and wellness of American families every day Sen Bill Cassidy R-La a physician who had cast the deciding vote in Kennedy s confirmation pressed him on why he suggested that vaccines were more deadly than COVID itself and highlighted Kennedy s contradiction in praising Trump s Operation Warp Speed while arguing for limiting access to the shots it produced Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Program The confrontation came just a day after more than CDC and HHS employees signed an open letter calling for Kennedy s resignation The protest followed his firing of Senate-confirmed CDC Director Susan Monarez which triggered a wave of resignations from senior scientists and doctors The letter accused Kennedy of stacking the agency with political ideologues and manipulating figures on vaccine effectiveness Should he decline to resign we call upon the President and U S Congress to appoint a new Secretary of Vitality and Human Services one whose qualifications and experience ensure that healthcare procedures is informed by independent and unbiased peer-reviewed science the letter read Read more about this topic Sanders calls for RFK Jr resignation amid masses healthcare upheaval Florida plans to ban all vaccine mandates RFK Jr tightens his chokehold on the nation s residents wellness The post Vance says senators are full of s t after RFK Jr hearing appeared first on Salon com