Robert Kennedy Jr. Confirmation Hearing Interrupted By Protesters As HHS Nominee Is Challenged On His Attacks On Vaccines

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One of President Donald Trump‘s most controversial cabinet picks, Robert Kennedy Jr., repeatedly insisted that he was not “anti-vaccine” even as Democrats presented a bevy of past comments in which he sowed doubt or disparaged Covid shots and other inoculations.

Sitting behind Kennedy was his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, and in the next row was podcast host Megyn Kelly, who repeatedly disparaged the Biden administration for its Covid policies. “News reports have claimed that I am anti-vaccine or anti-industry,” Kennedy told the Senate Finance Committee. “I am neither.” Just then, he was interrupted by a protester who shouted, “You lie.” She was led away by Capitol Police.

Kennedy then continued. “I am pro-safety. I have worked for years to raise awareness about the mercury and toxic chemicals in fish, and no one called me anti-fish.” The top Democrat on the committee, Sen.

Ron Wyden (D-OR), opened his questioning of Kennedy by entering a scathing letter that his cousin, Caroline Kennedy, sent to lawmakers urging them to reject the nomination.